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  Amy Coney Barrett's opening remarks to judiciary committee set for Monday
  The Associated Press · Posted: Oct 11, 2020 11:32 AM ET | Last Updated: October 11, 2020
  Members of the Senate judiciary committee are preparing to question U.S. President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, for a confirmation hearing that starts Monday and is expected to last three days. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/The Associated Press)
  U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will tell senators that courts "should not try" to make policy, leaving those decisions to the political branches of government, according to opening remarks for her confirmation hearing obtained Sunday by The Associated Press.
  "I have been nominated to fill Justice Ginsburg's seat, but no one will ever take her place," Barrett will tell the committee, according to her opening remarks.
  Barrett says she has resolved to maintain the same perspective as her mentor, the late justice Antonin Scalia, who was "devoted to his family, resolute in his beliefs and fearless of criticism."
  She speaks extensively of her family in the statement and says she will never let the law define her identity or crowd out the rest of her life. She says a similar principle applies to the courts, which are "not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life."
  "The policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches elected by and accountable to the People," she says. "The public should not expect courts to do so, and courts should not try."