Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett - Page 14

October 16, 2020

Noem argues Hunter Biden story 'does grave damage' to former vice president's 'credibility'

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, campaigning in the battleground state of New Hampshire on behalf of President Trump and fellow Republicans – took aim at Joe Biden over a much publicized story this week in the New York Post regarding the Democratic presidential nominee’s son Hunter Biden.

October 16, 2020

Trump: Convincing Susan Collins to confirm Amy Coney Barrett 'not worth the work'

President Trump on Friday said convincing Republican Sen. Susan Collins to vote in favor of his Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett is “not worth the work,” noting that the senator from Maine has not supported him on other issues in the past.

October 16, 2020

Largely civil Barrett confirmation hearings break expectations, mark stark contrast to 2018 Kavanaugh affair

The Barrett confirmation hearings presented a stark contrast from the 2018 confirmation hearings for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, which were marred with bombastic behavior from senators, regular interruptions from protesters, threats to lawmakers and lurid sexual assault accusations.

October 16, 2020

Arizona & Texas Govs. Ducey and Abbott: Barrett deserves quick Senate confirmation to Supreme Court

In Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump could not have picked a better, more qualified person to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

October 16, 2020

Live Updates: Amy Coney Barrett's Senate confirmation hearing

Judge Amy Coney Barrett faced her third day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings on Thursday.

October 16, 2020

Sen. Joni Ernst: Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a role model for girls and shows US women have great freedoms

We are wrapping up a historic event in our nation: the Senate confirmation hearing for 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett for a seat on the Supreme Court. If confirmed, Judge Barrett would be the first mother of school-age children to serve on the high court.

October 15, 2020

Biden's court-packing 180, says he will now tell voters his stance before election

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says that voters “do have a right to know where I stand” on expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court.

October 15, 2020

Romney says he will vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney said he will vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, after being the lone Republican to vote to convict President Trump during the impeachment hearings. 

October 15, 2020

Liberal group calls for Feinstein to stand down from Judiciary Committee role after Graham hug

Senate Judiciary Committee ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein's words and gestures of friendship towards Republican committee chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham on Thursday were viewed not as a model of proper behavior, but of weakness by a liberal group who now wants her to step aside.

October 15, 2020

Graham, Feinstein hug it out at conclusion of Barrett hearing

The fourth and final day of testimony in Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing began with two hours of partisan conflict before anyone even took the stand, but by the end of the day, the top-ranking Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee embraced in friendship.