Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett fielded questions from 22 senators over two days before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett fielded questions from 22 senators over two days before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Susan Walsh/AP Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, sat for nearly 20 hours of questioning by 22 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee over two days. At the outset of the process, Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham acknowledged that her confirmation by the panel was all but guaranteed. “This is probably not […]
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Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., looks on as Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her confirmation hearing. tefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption tefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del., looks on as Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of her confirmation hearing. tefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images Judge Amy Coney Barrett declined to answer a question from Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Wednesday about whether the Supreme Court ruling that protects the right to buy and use contraception was correctly […]
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., gives her opening remarks virtually during Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Monday. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., gives her opening remarks virtually during Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Monday. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., called on the Senate to hold off on confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court “until after Americans decide who they want in the White House.” Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the […]
On the first day of Senate hearings over the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, supporters and opponents of the confirmation confront each other in front of the Supreme Court. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption toggle caption Tyrone Turner/WAMU On the first day of Senate hearings over the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, supporters and opponents of the confirmation confront each other in front of the Supreme Court. Tyrone Turner/WAMU Updated at 4:40 p.m. ET Demonstrators supporting and opposing Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett gathered on Capitol Hill Monday as her confirmation […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – More than 20 demonstrators were arrested in Washington DC during the Senate judiciary committee’s confirmation hearings of US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Fox News reports. Protesters gathered outside the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Monday, the first day of Barrett’s hearings. US Capitol Police arrested 21 demonstrators for crowding and obstruction, while another person was arrested for unlawful conduct, Fox News said. Happening now: Protesters opposed to the confirmation of conservative Judge Amy Coney Barrett are being arrested outside the Dirksen Senate Building as Barrett’s confirmation gets underway. About two dozen seem […]
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks Monday during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks Monday during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Susan Walsh/AP Republicans condemned what they called inappropriate criticism and questioning about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s Catholic identity as her confirmation hearing opened on Monday. Democrats did not bring up her faith in Monday’s hearing. Barrett is a devout Catholic, alumna of Notre Dame and member of a small, conservative faith group called the People of Praise. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080751490_0:0:3077:1732_1200x675_80_0_0_5e8f62af702724db5491c50a084ec132.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010121080751520-netizens-clash-online-as-senate-confirmation-hearings-for-barrett-go-on/ As netizens proceeded to express their opinions on Barrett’s nomination, issues like the fate of the Affordable Care Act and even the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court ended up being brought into the equation. As the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, who got nominated by US President Donald Trump for the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, kicked off at the Senate on 12 October, intense debates broke out on social media where netizens discussed whether that nomination was appropriate. Trump’s nomination […]
Amy Coney Barrett’s beet pink dress spoke before she did: it looked sensible, practical, and stoically feminine, an image she aims to project. It was a pretty dress, maybe even stylish by DC’s standards. A flat bow rested on her right shoulder, just underneath a string of pearls. The justice picked a very nice outfit for her first confirmation hearing. Too bad it was curated for such an ugly, rotten process. The dress stood out in a room full of anodyne blue and black suits; it spoke of soft prettiness when the proceedings are about the very opposite. Her outfit radiates […]
As Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing kicks off, the Trump-nominated judge has vowed to leave politics out of the law. The hearing itself, however, promises to be a hyper-partisan battle. The Senate Judiciary Committee meets on Monday to get the ball rolling on Coney Barrett’s nomination process. In her opening remarks, Coney Barrett promised to interpret the law “as written, not as the judge wishes it were,” in the style of her mentor, the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. “Courts have a vital responsibility to enforce the rule of law,” she continued, “but courts are not designed to […]
Sen. Michael Lee, R-Utah, speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Monday. Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images Sen. Michael Lee, R-Utah, speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Monday. Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, who tested positive for coronavirus following a White House event for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, returned to the Capitol on Monday. Lee, a member of the Judiciary Committee holding Barrett’s nomination hearing, also addressed the panel for several minutes without a mask on. It was unclear if Lee had tested negative for the […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured at the White House on Sept. 26, is facing the Senate Judiciary Committee this week for her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured at the White House on Sept. 26, is facing the Senate Judiciary Committee this week for her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images The Senate Judiciary Committee begins up to four days of hearings Monday on President Trump’s nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. If confirmed, Barrett, 48, would […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/0c/1080746063_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_a64956b47346e7f8e248d93f59a5b426.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Aleksandra Serebriakova. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202010121080746109-what-when–where-amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court-confirmation-hearing-to-kick-off-in-us-senate/ Judge Amy Coney Barrett faced a severe grilling from the US Senate in 2017 when she was nominated by President Donald Trump to the Seventh Circuit of US Court of Appeals. Now she has to undergo no-less-hostile questioning from Democratic and Republican lawmakers in order to assume the Supreme Court seat of late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Donald Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett will kick off on Monday, as initially scheduled by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, despite turmoil that occurred after two Republican […]
When Republicans committed to filling the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court before the November election, they vowed to get it done no matter what came in their way. With hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee set to begin on Monday, just three weeks after Ginsburg’s death, it’s clear that Republicans didn’t anticipate everything that would get in their way. And it’s even clearer that nothing was ever going to stop them from putting another conservative on the highest court of the land. President Trump and Senate Republicans weren’t stopped by the COVID-19 outbreak within the […]
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured on Capitol Hill on Oct. 1, is participating in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week. Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured on Capitol Hill on Oct. 1, is participating in her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week. Graeme Jennings/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Judge Amy Coney Barrett says “the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches,” not the courts. That’s from her opening statement she’s set to deliver in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee when […]
The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings this week for Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings this week for Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings on Monday for Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s pick to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. The hearings are moving ahead under exceedingly unusual circumstances with an election looming and an outbreak of the coronavirus still roiling Washington. Republicans are aiming to stick to a tight […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107124/18/1071241801_0:0:1920:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_62d03c0f0834b3e36577b2fdd32af3d9.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202009271080583616-senate-judiciary-committee-reveals-amy-barrett-confirmation-hearing-details/ Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump announced Amy Barrett as his Supreme Court nomination pick, in a move to fill the vacancy opened after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Senate Judiciary Committee announced that the confirmation hearings for the Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett are set to begin 12 October and will last from three to four days. “The hearing will last three to four days, using the format the committee has followed for recent Supreme Court nominees. Opening statements by Judiciary Committee members and the nominee will […]
President Donald Trump’s hope for a “straightforward and prompt” confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was immediately dashed, as Democrats reacted with a host of arguments for blocking the appointment. Senator Dianne Feinstein said Barrett would push the court further to the right, jeopardizing “many rights and protections that the American people have fought for and deeply cherish,” including abortion. In any case, Feinstein said, the Senate shouldn’t consider any nominee to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg until the Nov. 3 election has been held and the “next president has been inaugurated,” apparently ruling out the possibility […]