Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett - Page 25

October 12, 2020

Joni Ernst tells Barrett at hearing: 'We don't have to fit the narrow definition of womanhood'

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, called out the "irony" of attacks Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett has faced based on her life choices, particularly her religion and family life.

October 12, 2020

CNN skips much of historic Amy Coney Barrett hearing, gets bashed

The historic Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court kicked off Monday morning, but anyone who relies on CNN for news might not have any idea. 

October 12, 2020

Protesters at Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearing arrested for blocking Senate building entrance

U.S. Capitol Police arrested 21 demonstrators for crowding and obstruction outside Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building around 8:30 a.m. Monday.

October 12, 2020

Klobuchar tells Barrett: 'I think this hearing is a sham'

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., called the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett a "sham" while using most of her opening statement at the hearing to blast her Republican colleagues and President Trump.

October 12, 2020

Ben Sasse rips court packing as 'partisan suicide bombing' during Barrett hearing

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., issued a sharp criticism of the recent Democratic push to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices, warning that it would be a dismantling of core American principles.

October 12, 2020

Trump looms large in Barrett hearing as Harris, Dems sound alarms over ObamaCare, election, coronavirus

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Monday was intended to be about Judge Amy Coney Barret's nomination to the Supreme Court, but much of the focus – especially from Democrats – was not on the nominee but on the person who nominated her: President Trump. 

October 12, 2020

Criticism of Barrett faith is 'attempt to bring back to days of the religious test': Hawley

Criticism of Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Catholic faith is an "attempt to bring back to days of the religious test," Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said.

October 12, 2020

Dem senator calls Barrett a ‘judicial torpedo’ aimed at Obamacare during confirmation hearing

Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse called Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a "judicial torpedo" aimed at the Affordable Care Act in his opening statement Monday, joining a number of his Democratic colleagues in framing the confirmation of the conservative judge as an attack against the Obama-era health care law.

October 12, 2020

Biden says Barrett's Catholic faith 'should not be considered' during confirmation process

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said that Amy Coney Barrett’s Catholic faith “should not be considered” as confirmation hearings for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee get underway.

October 12, 2020

Trump rushing Barrett confirmation because of contested election fears, Durbin claims

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to "rule in his favor on any election contest" during the opening portion of Barrett's confirmation hearing on Monday.