CBS News posted a short excerpt of a TV interview with Norah O'Donnell and Justice Barrett. I do not think it went well. Consider this brief snippett:
O'Donnell: You wrote in the book that the Court has held that the rights to marry, engage in sexual intimacy, use birth control, and raise children are fundamental. But the rights to do business, committ suicide, and obtain abortion are not.
Barrett: Right, I'm describing the doctrine. I was a ConLaw professor for many years. Yes, I've described the doctrine in the book. And yes that is the state of the law. . . .
O'Donnell: But you also say in the book that the rights to marry and engage in sexual intimacy and use birth control are fundamental.
Barrett: Yes. And again I'm describing what our doctrine is and that is what we've said.
What are the problems here?
