Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett - Page 20

October 13, 2020

Jim DeMint: Amy Coney Barrett nomination begs the question -- are Americans allowed to disagree with the left?

The coming fight in the full U.S. Senate over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett really comes down to one point of contention

October 13, 2020

Cory Booker presses Amy Coney Barrett on racial bias in criminal justice system

The NJ senator asked Barrett if she would condemn White supremacy.

October 13, 2020

Democrats attack Amy Coney Barrett for saying 'sexual preference,' but Biden used same term in May

Democratic lawmakers hammered Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett for her use of the term "sexual preference" to describe the LGBTQ community, but apparently the term isn't as outdated as some Democrats believe it is.

October 13, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett distances herself from Trump tweets, says she won't be anyone's 'pawn'

Amy Coney Barrett distanced herself on Tuesday from President Trump's public requests of his Supreme Court nominee and told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the commander-in-chief never asked her how she'd rule on abortion and the Affordable Care Act.

October 13, 2020

Supreme Court blocks attempt to prevent Planned Parenthood funding in South Carolina

The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an attempt by South Carolina Republican lawmakers to block public funding for Planned Parenthood.

October 13, 2020

Blumenthal incorrectly insists Barrett once called her own gun position 'radical' in opinion

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., while asking Judge Amy Coney Barrett about her dissent in a gun rights case, incorrectly quoted her as admitting in her opinion that her position was radical, only to insist he was right when she questioned him.

October 13, 2020

FLASHBACK: Justices Scalia and Breyer spar over Constitutional originalism

Late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, known for his originalist approach, previously blasted the idea that the Constitution was a "living" or evolving document that could be applied to issues like abortion and the death penalty.

October 13, 2020

Barrett apologizes after Democrat accuses her of using 'offensive and outdated term'

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said the LGBTQ community should be “concerned” about Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court after she said she wouldn’t discriminate against “sexual preference.” 

October 13, 2020

Dagen McDowell blasts 'sexist' Whitehouse for 'hypocritical' speech on 'dark money' at Barrett hearing

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., spent the time allotted for him to question Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Tuesday on a "hypocritical monologue" that claimed "dark money" was behind her nomination, "The Five" co-host Dagen McDowell argued.

October 13, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett faces pressure during hearing, responds with grace and poise, experts say

Amy Coney Barrett withstood hours of questioning Tuesday with poise, civility, and at times, moments of humanity – countering the portrait of a right-wing extremist that Democrats have attempted to paint of President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, experts argued.