Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett - Page 20

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Barrett apologizes after Democrat accuses her of using 'offensive and outdated term'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

October 13, 2020

Andy McCarthy: 'Political malpractice' to let Democrats challenge Barrett over ObamaCare stance

The Trump administration should have dropped its support for a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act rather than give Democratic lawmakers a chance to hound Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett about the implications of adding her to the bench just before the high court considers the case, former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy told “Bill Hemmer Reports" on Tuesday.

October 13, 2020

Democratic senator asks Amy Coney Barrett if she has ever sexually assaulted someone

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, asked a question pertaining to an issue that came up quite a bit during Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing but had yet to come up during Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s hearing: whether the Supreme Court nominee had ever sexually assaulted someone.

October 13, 2020

Gowdy: Senate Judiciary GOP showing 'rare' discipline in Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearing

Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans appear to be working as "one unit" during the second day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, former House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said Tuesday.