Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett - Page 30

October 8, 2020

Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf aims to pressure Sen. Toomey into voting against Barrett confirmation

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf in a press conference Thursday called on Sen. Pat Toomey, who was one of the last Republicans to come out in favor of moving the President Trump's Supreme Court pick ahead of the presidential election, to vote against Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett, citing a "looming threat" that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) could be overturned. 

October 8, 2020

VP nominee Kamala Harris likely to be in spotlight at Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearing

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will not be the only person in the middle of a high-stakes job interview next week.

October 8, 2020

Democrats resigned that Amy Coney Barrett confirmation is inevitable: 'We can't stop the outcome'

As much as Democrats detest the confirmation process of Judge Amy Coney Barrett -- panning the election year effort as illegitimate, dangerous and unprecedented --- they've acknowledged there's little they can do to stop her lifelong ascension to the Supreme Court. 

October 7, 2020

Klobuchar changes tune on remote hearings amid Barrett confirmation fight after being challenged by Chris Wallace

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., is now against holding a remote confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, after helping pave the way for an appeals court nominee to be vetted remotely in the spring of last year. 

October 7, 2020

Democrats hold talks with Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court nominee preps for hearing

Senate Democrats held a series of phone calls with Judge Amy Coney Barrett Wednesday in preparation for her high-profile Supreme Court confirmation hearing set to kick off next week. 

October 7, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation schedule: A timeline

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is, if Republicans have their way, less than a month away from being confirmed as the next justice on the High Court.

October 7, 2020

Ted Cruz blasts Washington Post for 'religious smear' against Amy Coney Barrett

Sen. Ted Cruz accused the Washington Post of publishing a “religious smear” against Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday morning.  

October 7, 2020

Conservative groups bring in reinforcements expecting brutal Barrett confirmation fight

The confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett are less than a week away and as there are reports that senators on the Judiciary Committee are staffing up for what is likely to be a hostile hearing, the mobilization of outside groups' political machinery both in support of and against Barrett's nomination has been perhaps even more significant. 

October 7, 2020

Sasse mocks Washington Post story on Barrett: 'Catholic believes Catholic stuff, story at 11'

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., blasted a Washington Post story that looked into Judge Amy Coney Barrett's involvement in the People of Praise conservative religious group. 

October 7, 2020

Where does Judge Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Second Amendment?

While the rampant rash of coronavirus cases in and around the White House may have upended election events and halted stymied political processes all around – it's not slowing the push confirm President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, with the Senate Judiciary Committee to begin the formal confirmation hearings on Monday