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Law’s Jonathan Adler analyzes the purpose of pointed questions during Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court hearing

Delayed election, mail-in ballots and transfer of power: Barrett steers clear of Trump’s strike zone

NBC News: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, said many senators asking pointed questions at Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing were trying to put her in an uncomfortable predicament, rather than learn about her judicial philosophy.