... what happened was “not accurate,” though he declined to provide details “out of respect for all parties involved.” MORE: How these 2 legal scholars see Amy Coney Barrett’s testimony “We believe that harassing or persecuting gays and lesbians is contrary to the Gospel and that everyone should be treated ...
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to say whether she accepts the science of climate change, saying she lacks the expertise to know for sure and calling it a topic too controversial to get into. Watch the moment from the hearing in the player above. On Wednesday, pressed at ...
... she signed an open letter seven years ago that called the decision “infamous.” WATCH: Affordable Care Act, voting rights in spotlight on Day 3 of Barrett hearingIn an exchange with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Barrett resisted the invitation to explicitly endorse or reject the late Justice Antonin Scalia's ...
Amy Coney Barrett is refusing to say whether she thinks race discrimination in voting still exists. Watch the moment from the hearing in the player above. The Supreme Court nominee has refused in two days of testimony in her confirmation hearing to opine on many topics, including whether a president ...
... too late in order to really review them. So, those hearings got off to a very bad start. That was not the case with Judge Barrett, obviously. Judy Woodruff: Yes, very clearly not. Lisa, back to you. The Republicans have made it very clear, Chairman Lindsey Graham, they want to ...
... least some of them, as well. Judy Woodruff: But just to quickly get back to Professor Nourse's point, what makes you convinced that Judge Barrett is not captive to some of these very conservative ideas? Saikrishna Prakash: Well, I believe she's a conservative. Is she a captive of ...
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett would not say that the Trump administration’s practice of separating children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border was wrong. Watch the moment from the hearing in the player above. Barrett was being questioned by Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New ...
Amy Coney Barrett has been asked if there’s a potential conflict in having three Supreme Court justices who were part of the 2000 Bush v. Gore challenge being called on to decide a disputed 2020 presidential election. Watch the moment from the hearing in the player above. Barrett told ...
... reserve opinions, despite having made her anti-abortion views known before joining the bench. "You would be the polar opposite of Justice Ginsburg," said Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. Barring a dramatic development, Republicans appear to have the votes to confirm Barrett to a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court ...
Judge Amy Coney Barrett says the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May had a “very personal” effect on her family and she and her children wept over his death. Watch the moment from the hearing in the player above. President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme ...
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