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October 13, 2020

Barrett won't commit to recusing herself from ObamaCare case, says she would follow rules

Democrats have called for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from an upcoming case dealing with the Affordable Care Act — commonly known as ObamaCare — should she be confirmed, and while she did not commit to doing so, she did say that she will follow the Supreme Court's rules if they call for her to do so.

October 13, 2020

Court-packing: PolitiFact notes the definition is clear

Both Republicans and Democrats have lobbed accusations of court-packing at each other for years, but the definition is clear, according to nonpartisan fact-checker PolitiFact.

October 13, 2020

Barrett admits to owning a gun, says she can set aside beliefs to rule on 2nd Amendment fairly

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett admitted during the second day of her confirmation hearing that her family owns a gun —  but maintained that it would not hamper her ability to fairly decide a case on the Second Amendment.

October 13, 2020

Barrett says she knew ‘faith would be caricatured,’ ‘family would be attacked’ if nominated to Supreme Court

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said on Tuesday that she expected attacks against her faith and her family when she was nominated to the Supreme Court, but that she and her family are "all in" on serving her country as the Senate Judiciary Committee began grilling Barrett as her marathon hearing continued. 

October 13, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett won’t say if Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, says ‘I don’t have any agenda’

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on Tuesday declined to respond to questions about abortion cases before the high court, saying she “cannot pre-commit” while saying she has “no agenda.”

October 13, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett explains what it means to be an originalist, calls Scalia a mentor

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., kicked off the question-and-answer portion of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing by zeroing in on her judicial philosophy, as well as comparisons to the late conservative icon Justice Antonin Scalia.

October 13, 2020

Eric Holder slammed for referring to a Trump lower court judicial nomination as ‘court packing’

Former Attorney General Eric Holder was slammed Tuesday for referring to one of President Trump’s lower court judicial nominations as “court packing,” as the issue of expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court has come into the spotlight in recent days.

October 13, 2020

Senate Dems 'trapped' on Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearing: Gingrich

Senate Democrats are "losing ground every day" with their opposition to President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich told "Fox & Friends."

October 13, 2020

Biden again dodges court-packing question, hints he is 'not a fan'

Democratic nominee Joe Biden again dodged questions on court-packing, this time at campaign stops in Ohio on Monday.

October 13, 2020

Rep. Omar says Republicans ‘would lose their minds’ if a Muslim woman was nominated to SCOTUS