Overview

• In a CBS interview, Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Supreme Court rulings should not impose the justices’ values and described the law as something other than an opinion poll, comments offered as the Court faces a longshot request to revisit same‑sex marriage.
• Advance excerpts reviewed by CNN show Barrett arguing Roe v. Wade got ahead of the public and that abortion was not traditionally treated as a fundamental constitutional liberty, even as she writes the Dobbs decision “came at a cost.”
• Barrett distinguishes abortion from rights the Court has recognized as fundamental, citing marriage, sexual intimacy, contraception, and child‑rearing, and frames her approach as deferring to choices made through democratic processes.
• She says the memoir will not disclose private Court deliberations or identify her children by name, though it includes behind‑the‑scenes anecdotes such as her chambers celebrating a particularly tricky opinion with champagne.
• Listening to the Law is set for Sept. 9 publication with a reported $2 million advance, as coverage notes that more than 20 states have restricted abortion since Dobbs and polling continues to show majority support for legal abortion.