Amy Coney Barrett and Ben Sasse: Traitors to Their Class
12th October 2020
Jack Butler points out the dirty little secrets of the Crust.
That Barrett’s background is distinct in this way is not in itself a reason to place her on the Court. But a serious assessment of modern American life ought to consider why her background is so unique — that is, why so many people who end up holding positions of political and cultural power, whatever their origins, tend both to go through and then be molded into similar shapes by a set of common elite institutions.