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The Senate Judiciary Committee has set an Oct 22 vote on recommending approval of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination. Republicans are racing to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick and Democrats acknowledging there is little they can do stop them. Her confirmation would lock conservative majority on the court for years to come. Thursday’s session is without Barrett after she...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie released a statement following his recovery from COVID-19 Thursday. “I was wrong to not wear a mask at the Amy Coney Barrett announcement and I was wrong not to wear a mask at my multiple debate prep sessions with the President and the rest of the team,” Christie said.

The Senate will vote on the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court on Oct. 22, 2020.

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett faces a final day of questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee as Republicans set the stage for a final confirmation vote in two weeks.

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returned to Capitol Hill for a third day of confirmation hearings by the Senate Judiciary Committee

Sen. John Neely Kennedy, R-La., came under fire on Wednesday for asking Judge Amy Coney Barrett during the confirmation hearing for her nomination to the Supreme Court, “Who does the laundry in your house?” The question came as the senator asked Barrett about her judicial opinions and professional accomplishments.

Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett chose not to answer questions posed to her by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., during Wednesday’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Despite saying the process is “excruciating,” Judge Amy Coney Barrett explained her motivation to push through the Supreme Court confirmation process, saying, “I do think that the rule of law and the importance in the United States, the role of the Supreme Court is important. It’s a great good. It would be difficult for anybody in this seat.”

Asked by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., to name five freedoms protected by the First Amendment, Judge Amy Coney Barrett was unable to provide all five. “Speech, religion, press, assembly,” said Barrett. “I don’t know—what am I missing?” “Redress, or protest,” said Sasse.

During the third day of Senate hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., tried to use the Houston Astros as an example of what Supreme Court judges don’t do. “I think all baseball fans know that the Houston Astros cheat,” said Sasse. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, fired back: “Thank goodness the First Amendment protects that right, for...

When asked by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D, Minn., Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett rejected the notion that she was nominated for her spot on the Supreme Court due to her work for the Republican party during the litigation of Bush v. Gore.

Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett chose not to answer multiple questions relevant to the 2020 election during her confirmation hearing this week in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., asked Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett for her view on if a president can pardon themself. Judge Barrett refused to offer an opinion on the matter, but did agree with Leahy’s assertion that “no one is above the law.”

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett batted back Democrats’ skeptical questions on abortion, gun rights and election disputes in lively Senate confirmation testimony Tuesday, insisting she would bring no personal agenda to the court but would decide cases as they come.

Again and again, Amy Coney Barrett insisted to senators on Tuesday that she has no “agenda” on issues like the Affordable Care Act, the future of abortion rights or same-sex marriage, and that she would be nobody’s “pawn” if confirmed to the Supreme Court, NBC News reports. “Do you think we should take the president at his word when he says his...

During the Senate confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., explained how “dark money” from conservative legal groups can use their deep pockets to influence the Supreme Court process. “It’s one scheme,” he said. “With the same funders selecting judges, funding campaigns for the judges and then showing up in court...

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was pressed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., about how she would rule on a potential voter intimidation case if it came before her while serving on the court. Judge Barrett refused to forecast how she would rule even though Sen. Klobuchar was able to provide the exact statute making voter intimidation illegal.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., asks Judge Amy Coney Barrett whether she had seen video of the police killing of George Floyd and how that impacted her family. Barrett, who has two Black adopted children, said the footage had a “very personal” effect on her family and she and her children wept over his death.

Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she has given no pre-commitment on any ruling she may make to the White House or Senate.

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to answer questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, about whether she would rule that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established the right to abortion, should be overturned. Barrett told Feinstein it would be wrong for her to “pre-commit” to a decision or join the court with...