McCaughey also wrote op-ed columns that appeared in "The Wall Street Journal", "The New York Times", and "USA Today" in which she opposed plans involving local and state redistricting to comply with the Voting Rights Act, and she criticized federal court-ordered desegregation of schools in Connecticut and New Jersey. She also supported the nomination of a federal judge, Clarence Thomas to the United States Supreme Court by arguing that he would judge cases there on their merits and not tend to interpret cases in a manner consistent with his conservative beliefs; She also supported a tobacco company in litigation before the Supreme Court and praised the 1992 "Planned Parenthood v. Casey" Supreme Court decision, restricting abortion rights.