Amy Coney Barrett Told Bari Weiss She’s a “Huge Fan” of The Free Press

Leonore Tiefer, who is retired and subscribes to The Free Press , came to Lincoln Center on Thursday evening expecting Bari Weiss to explain herself. Weiss, who founded the popular Substack-based publication in 2022 and may soon join the Paramount–Skydance universe—to the tune of more than $100 million, according to Puck —was about to hit the stage with Amy Coney Barrett, who has kept busy this summer deciding high-profile, emergency cases at the Supreme Court, largely favoring the Trump administration and its reshaping of Washington and the law. Their public conversation marked the kickoff of a book tour to promote Listening to the Law , which the Donald Trump-appointed justice describes as an effort aimed at readers “eager to know more about what a justice does and how the Court