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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 9, 2020

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis in 1994. The child of a French teacher and lawyer, Barrett knew she would choose one of those careers but it was her time at the college that “put her on the path that would later qualify her for a lifetime appointment to the highest court,” the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports. Though she first leaned towards teaching, it was a pro-con list created her senior year that finally cemented her decision to pursue a career in the law. And though Rhodes has recognized her achievements over the years, more than 1,500 alumni have signed a letter expressing concerns about her nomination, The Hill reports.