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September 29, 2020

Barrett begins visits with senators as several Dems refuse to meet with her

Barrett is set to meet with several Republican senators on Tuesday despite at least three Democrats saying they refuse to sit down with her.

September 27, 2020

Hawley warns Schumer not to criticize Barrett over religion during SCOTUS hearing

After President Trump nominated federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., asking Democrats to avoid attacks on her beliefs in Jesus Christ and Catholicism, during the confirmation process.

September 26, 2020

Dems slam Barrett nomination over health care, 'illegitimate process' after Trump nomination

Democrats took to social media to slam President Trump's choice of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court nominee after the president's announcement Saturday night -- with one senator claiming the nomination is the result of an "illegitimate process."

September 26, 2020

Trump expected to announce Barrett as Supreme Court pick, as Dems vow to fight

Trump will announce his nominee to fill the seat of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday.

September 24, 2020

Schumer calls Trump 'gravest threat to democracy' for response to transfer of power question

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor Thursday morning that the biggest threat to American democracy does not come from abroad, but from the White House.

September 24, 2020

McConnell calls Schumer 'uniquely non-credible' on judicial norms, Dem leader slams GOP on 'fiction' precedent

Schumer and McConnell's verbal barbs are just the start of what may be the nastiest political skirmish in recent American history.

September 23, 2020

Chuck Schumer hears from heckler during SCOTUS remarks: 'Stop lying!'

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was briefly interrupted by a heckler Tuesday while doing a live news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on the partisan fight over the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vacant Supreme Court seat.

September 22, 2020

A. Scott Bolden: Confirmation of Supreme Court justice must wait until after presidential inauguration

If Mitch McConnell presses forward in ramming through a Supreme Court nominee in the next few weeks, the work of Justice Ginsburg and the rights of millions of Americans will be at risk with a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court.

September 22, 2020

Schumer: If Republicans confirm new justice, they ‘will have stolen’ 2 SCOTUS seats

Lacking the votes in the Senate to stop a new Supreme Court nominee, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Republicans of stealing the newly open seat by moving forward to confirm President Trump’s nominee. 

September 22, 2020

How would court packing work?

What to know about "court packing."