Oct 15 WATCH: Amy Coney Barrett deflects Sen. Harris’s questions on climate change By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 15 Senate Judiciary sets Oct. 22 vote on Barrett’s nomination By Mark Sherman, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday set an Oct. 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination as Republicans race to confirm President Donald Trump's pick before the Nov. 3 election. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Judge Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearings – Day 4 By Mark Sherman, Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court to take the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems inevitable, as even some Senate Democrats acknowledged in Senate hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Sen. Kamala Harris questions Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on voter suppression By Associated Press The Supreme Court nominee has refused in two days of testimony in her confirmation hearing to opine on many topics, including whether a president can unilaterally delay the election. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 6:20 Affordable Care Act, voting rights in spotlight on Day 3 of Barrett hearing By John Yang Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee spent Wednesday completing their questioning of Amy Coney Barrett at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. While senators pressed again for answers on a range of issues, the nominee largely avoided committing herself. And given… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 5:12 The unusual tone and timeline of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing Amy Coney Barrett faced another day of questioning from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Lawmakers again brought up highly charged political issues such as abortion and the Affordable Care Act, but overall the hearing's tone was more… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch 8:08 How these 2 legal scholars see Amy Coney Barrett’s testimony Questions of judicial philosophy and Supreme Court precedent arose again on Day 3 of Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Judy Woodruff talks to Georgetown University’s Victoria Nourse, who was chief counsel to Vice President Joe… Continue watching
Oct 14 WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker questions Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Sen. Mazie Hirono questions Amy Coney Barrett about potential election case By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Sen. Chris Coons presses Barrett on ‘the balance of the court’ By Associated Press Sen. Chris Coons says Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett would shift the balance of the court in a more conservative direction, even if she will not say publicly she has a conservative mindset. Continue reading