U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett pledges to follow law, not personal views

Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's pick for a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, said she will rule based on the law, not her personal views, in prepared remarks issued on Sunday ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing this week.

FILE PHOTO: Judge Amy Coney Barrett meets with United States Sen. Josh Hawley , not pictured, at the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 1, 2020. Demetrius Freeman/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Barrett, a conservative appeals court judge, said that in her current job she has “done my utmost to reach the result required by the law, whatever my own preferences might be.”

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