Witnesses testified for and against Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation on Thursday. Republicans prevailed in scheduling a committee vote on her nomination for Oct. 22.
Witnesses testified for and against Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation on Thursday. Republicans prevailed in scheduling a committee vote on her nomination for Oct. 22.
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Final Day of Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings
Witnesses testified for and against Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation on Thursday. Republicans prevailed in scheduling a committee vote on her nomination for Oct. 22.
“It is clear to me from reading in the paper that what’s going to happen is that we’re going to be denied the ability to operate as normal.” “At this point, I’m going to make a motion to adjourn this meeting until we’ve completed the hearing on Amy Coney Barrett. We still have a panel before us. This is unprecedented, we have never done this before as a committee. And if we are going to honor the rules and show mutual respect, the fact is we cannot move forward without another member of the minority present.” “Senator Durbin, with all due respect, we’ve had this problem in the past. We’re dealing with it the way we are today. If we create this problem for you in the future, you’re going to do what I’m going to do, which is move forward on the business of the committee. On the motion, the clerk will call the roll.” “And I think the time has come to be honest about what’s going on here. You were just trying to ram through this justice — against your own words — in light of everything this president has said, where he won’t even commit to a peaceful transition of power. That’s the world we’re in right now.” “Y’all have a good chance of winning the White House. I don’t know where the polls are going to be —” “Thank you for acknowledging that.” “Yeah, I think it’s true. I think the public will go into the voting booth and they’ll say, ‘OK, I’ve seen the kind of judges Democrats will nominate. I’ve seen the kind of judges Republicans will nominate.’ And that will be important to people.” “This process is a caricature of illegitimacy. The fact we had a nominee before Justice Ginsburg was even buried in order to jam this election — this nomination through before the election, that’s a mark on the United States Senate. It will be a mark of a process of callous political power grab.” “I recognize that our Democratic friends wish a different president had been elected in 2016. I’m sympathetic to those arguments. I recognize that our Democratic friends wish there was a Democratic majority in the Senate. But the voters decided otherwise, and so this committee moving forward is consistent with over 200 years of history and precedent.” “The standing committee concluded that Judge Barrett’s integrity, judicial temperament, professional competence … ” “I said, ‘Your honor, I have a future. I choose an abortion.’ It felt like a miracle. An adult believed me, an authority figure deemed me to be in charge of my own body and my own future. I still think what might have happened if I didn’t have a list of accomplishments or if the judge didn’t think I was competent enough to decide when to start my family, or if he believed the harmful stereotype I was raised to believe that Black girls were fast and promiscuous. Please, listen to people who have had abortions, hear us when we ask you do not confirm this nominee. Our futures, our families, our lives depend on it.” “I needed help, and I needed it fast. I’d been Judge Barrett’s student only for a few weeks, but her graciousness and warmth gave me hope. I poured out all my concerns, not just about technology and my worries about failing classes. But all the burdens I currently carried as a disabled woman navigating a brand new environment. When I finished, Judge Barrett leaned forward and looked at me intently. ‘Laura,’ she said, with the same measured conviction that we have seen displayed throughout her entire nomination process, ‘this is no longer your problem. It’s my problem.’”
Final Day of Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings
Witnesses testified for and against Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation on Thursday. Republicans prevailed in scheduling a committee vote on her nomination for Oct. 22.
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