Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to Supreme Court by GOP senators
4 years, 1 month ago

Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to Supreme Court by GOP senators

LA Times  

Shortly after the Senate confirmed Barrett in a partisan 52-48 vote, Justice Clarence Thomas administered the constitutional oath during an outdoor White House ceremony. The Senate on Monday confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in the most partisan confirmation vote for a justice in modern American history, securing a 6-3 conservative majority widely expected to expand gun rights and permit new restrictions on abortion. For the record: An earlier version of this article quoted Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute as referring to President Trump’s appointments of “contextualists.” He said “textualists.” VIDEO | 04:01 Confirmed: Amy Coney Barrett is named to the Supreme Court The U.S. Senate has confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court justice in a partisan 52-48 vote, just days before the presidential election. But with Barrett’s confirmation coming four years after Republicans refused to consider President Obama’s nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, during an election year, Democrats predicted a backlash for what they viewed as a second Supreme Court seat snatched by Republicans. If Democrats win control of the White House and the Senate in next week’s election, progressives will immediately confront Democratic leaders with demands to add seats to the Supreme Court and fill them with liberals.

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Expert reveals why this Trump-appointed justice could be liberals’ 'last best hope'
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Expert reveals why this Trump-appointed justice could be liberals’ 'last best hope'

Raw Story  

With President-elect Donald Trump preparing to enter the White House for four more years, it's likely he'll get to make additional appointments to the Supreme Court. In a recent article for CNN, Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic explained that Justice Amy Coney Barrett — whom Trump appointed to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after she died in 2020 …

Unlikely Supreme Court justice could be liberal's best hope as Trump takes power: analysis
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Unlikely Supreme Court justice could be liberal's best hope as Trump takes power: analysis

Raw Story  

Watchers of the Supreme Court have a grim outlook on the right flank's ability to decide cases fairly and independently with a new Donald Trump administration coming in — particularly given that many suspect it played its own role in helping Trump win. In particular, Biskupic wrote, "Her views of executive power, as in Donald Trump’s immunity case last July, …

Amy Coney Barrett: Meet the last best hope for Supreme Court liberals
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Amy Coney Barrett: Meet the last best hope for Supreme Court liberals

CNN  

CNN — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett stands apart. When an Idaho state lawyer defending the ban hedged on whether grave complications could be addressed in emergency room situations, Barrett said, “Counsel, I’m kind of shocked actually because I thought your own expert had said that these kinds of cases were covered.” Barrett’s scrutiny of how the Idaho ban …

Amy Coney Barrett seen again to break ranks with Supreme Court conservatives: experts
6 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett seen again to break ranks with Supreme Court conservatives: experts

Raw Story  

After the last few Supreme Court decisions, legal analysts wonder if one of the conservative justices is beginning to turn more moderate on some issues. In a case involving whether those with a history of domestic violence can keep guns, Justice Amy Coney Barrett sided with the liberal justices on the High Court. Speaking to MSNBC on Thursday, Politico legal …

How Justice Amy Coney Barrett drove the Supreme Court’s debate on abortion and Trump immunity
7 months, 4 weeks ago

How Justice Amy Coney Barrett drove the Supreme Court’s debate on abortion and Trump immunity

CNN  

CNN — Chief Justice John Roberts may emerge as the pivotal vote in two politically charged cases on abortion and presidential immunity the Supreme Court heard this week, but it was Justice Amy Coney Barrett who owned the arguments. “We’ve seen a number of signs during oral arguments this term, especially in the last few sessions, that Justice Barrett is …

Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett
1 year, 7 months ago

Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — A nominee to Connecticut’s highest court told state lawmakers Monday that she would not have signed a 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett for a federal appeals court position if she knew Barrett would later vote to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion protections as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Glover was among 34 people who …

The US Senate’s path to a Supreme Court hostile to Roe v Wade
2 years, 7 months ago

The US Senate’s path to a Supreme Court hostile to Roe v Wade

Al Jazeera  

How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans gamed the system to give Trump three Supreme Court picks. The US Constitution empowers the US president to nominate a person to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, and that the Senate provides “Advice and Consent” to confirm the nominee. “The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court and have a …

Justice Barrett on balancing family and court duties, grappling with sudden fame and being ‘just Amy’
2 years, 8 months ago

Justice Barrett on balancing family and court duties, grappling with sudden fame and being ‘just Amy’

CNN  

CNN — Justice Amy Coney Barrett reflected on her own confirmation process Monday night hours after the Senate Judiciary Committee had voted along party lines, 11-11, on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Asked if she would have advice to give a new justice, Barrett said – without referring to Jackson directly – that a new justice …

Sen. Collins, key vote on Supreme Court, praises Jackson
2 years, 9 months ago

Sen. Collins, key vote on Supreme Court, praises Jackson

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Susan Collins had words of praise for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson after meeting with her for more than an hour and a half at the Capitol on Tuesday, raising Democrats’ hopes that she could be a GOP vote in favor of her confirmation. She said that Jackson, an appeals court judge who would be …

Republicans Rushed Trump's Supreme Court Nominee; Now They Want To Delay Biden's Pick
2 years, 9 months ago

Republicans Rushed Trump's Supreme Court Nominee; Now They Want To Delay Biden's Pick

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans are complaining that Democrats are rushing to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court, despite having moved with lightning-quick speed themselves to confirm then-President Donald Trump’s high court pick, Amy Coney Barrett. The Court’s next term doesn’t begin until October, so there’s absolutely no need to rush,” Sen. Chuck Grassley, the …

Senators to watch as Supreme Court fight unfolds
2 years, 9 months ago

Senators to watch as Supreme Court fight unfolds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats say they are hoping for a bipartisan vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. But he said earlier this month that if the nominee wasn’t Childs, whom he considers more moderate than Jackson, his vote would be more “problematic.” Graham said he was also pushing Childs because she had …

Democrats Warn GOP To Steer Clear Of Race During Supreme Court Fight
2 years, 10 months ago

Democrats Warn GOP To Steer Clear Of Race During Supreme Court Fight

Huff Post  

Presidents of both parties have prioritized race, gender and the ethnicity of candidates in choosing nominees to the high court. President Ronald Reagan pledged to appoint the first woman to the court before taking office, for example. Former President Donald Trump vowed to appoint a woman to the court after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Trump also pledged …

EXPLAINER: What’s next for the Supreme Court vacancy?
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: What’s next for the Supreme Court vacancy?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are expected to move quickly to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, seizing the chance to energize their voting base ahead of November’s midterm elections, when control of Congress will be at stake. Supreme Court nominations used to need 60 votes for confirmation if any senator objected, but …

Democrats seek swift confirmation to fill Supreme Court seat
2 years, 10 months ago

Democrats seek swift confirmation to fill Supreme Court seat

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats who have played defense for the last three Supreme Court vacancies plan to move swiftly to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, using the rapid 2020 confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett as a new standard. In a statement, Manchin said he takes the Senate’s role to advise and consent on Supreme Court nominations “very …

Fox News and Kayleigh McEnany push theory Biden is going to put Kamala Harris on Supreme Court
2 years, 10 months ago

Fox News and Kayleigh McEnany push theory Biden is going to put Kamala Harris on Supreme Court

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. President Biden pledged to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court during …

Amy Coney Barrett has energized Supreme Court's rightward turn after just one year
3 years, 1 month ago

Amy Coney Barrett has energized Supreme Court's rightward turn after just one year

Raw Story  

Originally published by The 19th When Justice Amy Coney Barrett was sworn into the Supreme Court just days before the 2020 elections, conservatives lauded her installation as a victory that would define Donald Trump's presidency and liberals lamented it as a death knell for abortion rights. They are seen less in the opinions she has authored and more in the …

Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court
3 years, 3 months ago

Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett expressed concerns Sunday that the public may increasingly see the court as a partisan institution. Justices must be “hyper vigilant to make sure they’re not letting personal biases creep into their decisions, since judges are people, too,” Barrett said at a lecture hosted by the University of Louisville’s McConnell Center. And …

Conservatives push big issues to fore at Supreme Court
3 years, 7 months ago

Conservatives push big issues to fore at Supreme Court

Associated Press  

A Trump-fortified conservative majority is making its presence felt at the Supreme Court by quickly wading into high-profile social issues that have been a goal of the right for decades. Now, with three appointees of former President Donald Trump on the nine-member court, longer-serving conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas can cobble together five-justice majorities even without the vote …

Justice Amy Coney Barrett: Conservatives with high expectations are anxious
3 years, 9 months ago

Justice Amy Coney Barrett: Conservatives with high expectations are anxious

CNN  

CNN — Some conservatives who pushed and prodded for the Senate to quickly confirm Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court last fall are rattled by what they have seen so far. “Instead, we have to wait on significant opinions before we can tell where she is.” A separate source with close …

Trump’s court appointments will leave decades-long imprint
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump’s court appointments will leave decades-long imprint

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — On this, even President Donald Trump’s most fevered critics agree: He has left an imprint on federal courts that will outlast his one term in office for decades to come. In one early look at Trump’s appointees to federal trial courts, political science professors Kenneth Manning, Robert Carp and Lisa Holmes compared their decisions with more than 117,000 …

Justice Barrett joins Supreme Court arguments for first time
4 years, 1 month ago

Justice Barrett joins Supreme Court arguments for first time

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — She didn’t have to wear a black robe or even be in Washington, but Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined her new colleagues at the Supreme Court on Monday to hear arguments for the first time. “Before we commence the business of the court this morning it gives me great pleasure on behalf of myself and my colleagues to …

Barrett sworn in at court as issues important to Trump await
4 years, 1 month ago

Barrett sworn in at court as issues important to Trump await

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn in Tuesday as the Supreme Court’s ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts. Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County filed legal papers at the court Tuesday arguing that Barrett should not take part in the Pennsylvania case. It’s not clear that the public will know how Barrett voted in …

Moment Democrat Mazie Hirono says 'hell no' and gives a thumbs down during ACB's Senate vote
4 years, 1 month ago

Moment Democrat Mazie Hirono says 'hell no' and gives a thumbs down during ACB's Senate vote

Daily Mail  

Senator Mazie Hirono on Monday told the Senate 'hell no' and gave a thumbs down as she cast her vote in Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court. Senator Mazie Hirono on Monday told the Senate 'hell no' and gave a thumbs down as she cast her vote in Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court Senator Mazie …

Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote
4 years, 1 month ago

Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come. Vice President Mike Pence’s office said Monday he would not preside at the Senate session unless his tie-breaking …

Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett To The Supreme Court
4 years, 1 month ago

Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett To The Supreme Court

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Senate Republicans voted Monday night to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, tilting the balance of the court to a 6-3 conservative majority for years to come and handing President Donald Trump a victory barely a week before the election. “I want to be very clear with my Republican colleagues: You may win this vote, …

Barrett takes US Supreme Court oath, deepening conservative grip
4 years, 1 month ago

Barrett takes US Supreme Court oath, deepening conservative grip

Al Jazeera  

Senate Republicans overpower Democratic opposition to install Barrett on high court just eight days before election. Overpowering Democratic opposition, Senate Republicans confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by vote of 52 to 48 along party lines, securing President Donald Trump’s nominee a week before the presidential election and what is likely to be a conservative court majority for …

White House holds swearing-in ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett
4 years, 1 month ago

White House holds swearing-in ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett

CNN  

Washington CNN — Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in to the Supreme Court at a White House ceremony Monday evening, shortly after her nomination was confirmed by the Senate. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas swore in Barrett under a constitutional oath at the White House event. “The oath that I have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that I …

Amy Coney Barrett joins the Supreme Court: US election news
4 years, 1 month ago

Amy Coney Barrett joins the Supreme Court: US election news

Al Jazeera  

After a controversial Senate vote along party lines, Barrett is quickly sworn in at White House ceremony A divided US Senate confirmed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. 26 Oct 2020 - 23:50 GMT Senate Republican leader offers justification for rushed Barrett process Speaking on the Senate floor before a vote on the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to …

Senate confirms Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a week ahead of Election Day
4 years, 1 month ago

Senate confirms Trump’s Supreme Court nominee a week ahead of Election Day

CNN  

Washington CNN — Senate Republicans voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Monday, a major victory for the President and his party just days before November 3, that could push the high court in a more conservative direction for generations to come. In just a few minutes, she’ll be on the Supreme Court,” …

Senate votes to advance Barrett; confirmation expected Mon
4 years, 1 month ago

Senate votes to advance Barrett; confirmation expected Mon

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans voted overwhelmingly Sunday to advance Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett toward final confirmation despite Democratic objections, just over a week before the presidential election. “The Senate is doing the right thing,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, vowing to install Barrett to the court by Monday. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the Trump administration’s …

US Senate Inches Closer to Confirming Trump's Supreme Court Nominee With Sunday Vote
4 years, 1 month ago

US Senate Inches Closer to Confirming Trump's Supreme Court Nominee With Sunday Vote

News 18  

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate on Sunday plans to move closer toward a final confirmation vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, on Monday, just over a week before Election Day. With Republicans controlling the chamber 53-47 and no indication of an internal revolt against the conservative appeals court judge replacing liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barrett …

US Senate moves closer to confirming Trump’s Supreme Court pick
4 years, 2 months ago

US Senate moves closer to confirming Trump’s Supreme Court pick

Al Jazeera  

Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is expected to be confirmed on Monday, after Senate voted to limit debate on the matter. The United States Senate has advanced President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett in a near party-line vote, all but assuring her confirmation, which is expected on Monday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican, has defended his …

Amy Coney Barrett will complicate John Roberts’ goal of keeping the Supreme Court out of politics
4 years, 2 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett will complicate John Roberts’ goal of keeping the Supreme Court out of politics

CNN  

CNN — Two years ago, after a Supreme Court nomination divided the country, Chief Justice John Roberts recognized the need for repair and asserted judicial independence. We serve one nation.” With Monday’sconfirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, Roberts will have a tougher case to make – under thornier circumstances tied immediately to the presidential election and the Affordable Care Act. “Chief …

Republicans Race to Cement Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Despite Democrats' Blockade
4 years, 2 months ago

Republicans Race to Cement Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Despite Democrats' Blockade

News 18  

The Senate is poised for a rare weekend session as Republicans race to put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court and cement a conservative majority before Election Day despite Democratic efforts to stall President Donald Trump’s nominee. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, dismissed the stall tactics as “frivolous.” At the start of Trump’s presidency, McConnell engineered a Senate rules change …

US Senate panel approves Trump Supreme Court pick despite Democratic boycott
4 years, 2 months ago

US Senate panel approves Trump Supreme Court pick despite Democratic boycott

Live Mint  

The Republican-led US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved President Donald Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to a lifetime US Supreme Court seat despite a Democratic boycott of the meeting, clearing the way for a full Senate debate and vote on confirmation. Barrett, a federal appeals court judge whose confirmation would expand the top US judicial body's conservative majority …

The Amy Coney Barrett hearings were political theatre
4 years, 2 months ago

The Amy Coney Barrett hearings were political theatre

Al Jazeera  

Earlier this week, the American public watched carefully the congressional hearings of President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett. First, the Supreme Court is set to adjudicate a case on the Affordable Care Act – President Barack Obama’s major domestic policy achievement that reformed the healthcare system and expanded health insurance coverage – and both Trump …

GOP pushes Barrett toward court as Democrats decry ‘sham’
4 years, 2 months ago

GOP pushes Barrett toward court as Democrats decry ‘sham’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republicans powered Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett closer to confirmation Thursday, pushing past Democratic objections and other priorities during the COVID-19 crisis in the drive to seat President Donald Trump’s pick before the Nov. 3 election. “A sham,” said Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. “Power grab,” protested Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. “Not normal,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. …

Amy Coney Barrett Steered Clear Of Roe v. Wade. But It's Obvious Where She Stands.
4 years, 2 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett Steered Clear Of Roe v. Wade. But It's Obvious Where She Stands.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Judge Amy Coney Barrett spent three days during this week’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings declining to tell senators or the public where she stands on Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that protects the right to abortion. Some Democrats worry that Barrett’s past judicial rulings, including one in which she said she does not believe Supreme …

Trump’s most influential legacy (opinion)
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s most influential legacy (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the book, “Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party.” Follow him on Twitter @julianzelizer. CNN — Senate Republicans are moving rapidly to bring Judge Amy Coney …

Amy Coney Barrett’s answers were murky but her conservative philosophy is clear
4 years, 2 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett’s answers were murky but her conservative philosophy is clear

CNN  

CNN — If Judge Amy Coney Barrett rules in the vein she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, Americans’ personal privacy rights would be pushed back more than a half century. When asked, “do you accept the legal principles articulated in Griswold v. Connecticut, that … the Constitution carries with it the right to privacy?” he responded, “I …

Supreme Court: Judiciary panel slates October 22 vote for Barrett as witnesses weigh in
4 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court: Judiciary panel slates October 22 vote for Barrett as witnesses weigh in

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to advance the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett on October 22, setting up her confirmation by the end of the month. “There’s never been a nomination in an election year after the month of July, and the purpose of doing it is simply to have a justice on …

Amy Coney Barrett is even more “extreme” on gun rights than her Republican defenders in the Senate
4 years, 2 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett is even more “extreme” on gun rights than her Republican defenders in the Senate

Salon  

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett argued in a dissent last year that felons should be allowed to own guns, a position Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee long opposed before defending President Donald Trump's nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the bench. History showed felons "could be disqualified from certain rights," such as voting or jury duty, …

Calm and controlled, Barrett shows in hearing why conservatives bet she’ll reshape Supreme Court
4 years, 2 months ago

Calm and controlled, Barrett shows in hearing why conservatives bet she’ll reshape Supreme Court

LA Times  

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Oct. 14, 2020. Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, showed why she has been a favorite of social conservatives and how she will be a formidable figure on a court expected to move toward …

Supreme Court: Democrats and Republicans seek hints for how Barrett will rule on health care law
4 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court: Democrats and Republicans seek hints for how Barrett will rule on health care law

CNN  

CNN — Democrats and Republicans both sought to get a better understanding about how Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett may rule on a challenge to the Affordable Care Act that the high court will hear next month, dancing around the key legal issues surrounding the case. Both Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the panel’s top Democrat, …

'I don’t have any agenda': Amy Coney Barrett refuses to say whether she would overturn Roe v Wade abortion rights
4 years, 2 months ago

'I don’t have any agenda': Amy Coney Barrett refuses to say whether she would overturn Roe v Wade abortion rights

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy US Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has refused to …

Amy Coney Barrett: Republicans and Democrats offer clashing views as confirmation fight begins
4 years, 2 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett: Republicans and Democrats offer clashing views as confirmation fight begins

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Republicans and Democrats offered sharply divergent arguments Monday in a …

What to know about Amy Coney Barrett as she faces Senate scrutiny
4 years, 2 months ago

What to know about Amy Coney Barrett as she faces Senate scrutiny

Al Jazeera  

President Donald Trump’s choice for the Supreme Court is well-respected but viewed sceptically by Democrats. Washington, DC – US President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court Amy Coney Barrett is a federal appeals court judge who would swing the United States’ high court firmly to the right in a new 6-3 conservative majority. Democrats fear that Barrett would vote …

Kamala Harris questions Supreme Court nominee: US election news
4 years, 2 months ago

Kamala Harris questions Supreme Court nominee: US election news

Al Jazeera  

The second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee featured senators questioning Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, including Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris. 19:00 ET – Harris questions Barrett Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris has begun 30 minutes of questions for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Thank you, I’ll see you in Johnstown.” 17:45 ET Barrett …

Democrats Are Politicizing Barrett Confirmation Hearings, Sen. Sasse Says
4 years, 2 months ago

Democrats Are Politicizing Barrett Confirmation Hearings, Sen. Sasse Says

NPR  

Democrats Are Politicizing Barrett Confirmation Hearings, Sen. Sasse Says NOEL KING, HOST: Today we're hearing from senators who are playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of the U.S. Supreme Court. KING: Let's start by hearing from Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for vice president who also sits on this committee. That's different than summarizing it, as was …

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