Amy Coney Barrett - Rube Goldberg XIX

Round 9: Tossup 6

In the 2025 book Listening to the Law, this person defends textualism and originalism. In the majority opinion for Trump v. CASA, this judge wrote that lower-court judges cannot issue universal injunctions to block executive orders. This member of the People of Praise and former Notre Dame professor joined a majority of former (15[1])Federalist Society members in the opinion for (*) Dobbs v. Jackson. Unlike that of Merrick Garland, the contentious nomination of this Trump appointee was confirmed (-5[1])in an election (-5[1])year. (-5[2])For 10 points, what successor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (10[1])became (10[1])the fifth woman (10[1])appointed to the Supreme (10[1])Court (10[1])in 2020? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Amy Coney Barrett [or ACB]

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Evelyn Meyer	Hillsdale Academy A	Williamston	52	15
George Plymale	U of D Jesuit	Detroit Country Day A	76	-5
Benjamin Edmunds	Utica Academy	Detroit Catholic Central B	79	-5
Daniel Leung	Okemos A	Detroit Catholic Central C	80	-5
Chaithanya Budida	Okemos B	Troy B	80	-5
Jack Jordan	Chelsea	White Cloud A	89	10
Henry Sullivan	Traverse City Central A	Detroit Catholic Central A	90	10
Alexia Sells	Grand Ledge	Troy A	93	10
Michael Masciovecchio	New Boston Huron	Holt	97	10
Matthew Austin	DeWitt A	Hillsdale Academy D	98	10
Tommy Koch	Detroit Catholic Central B	Utica Academy	100	10
Landon Edwards	White Cloud B	Detroit Country Day B	101	0
Andrew Zheng	Detroit Country Day A	U of D Jesuit	101	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Power %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Rube Goldberg XIX	11/20/2025	✓	16	50%	6%	25%	90.00
SHOW-ME Four Nationwide HS	11/20/2025	✓	5	80%	40%	40%	57.25
SPOOKY IX	11/20/2025	✓	5	80%	40%	20%	65.50