The hearing in the Senate should begin on October 12 for the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court with his initial statements. According to the calendar circulating in the Senate, the first round of questions in the Senate for Barrett would begin on October 13 and continue on the 14 with the second half. There should be a closed-door session with outside witnesses on October 15th. The Republicans’ goal is to get the green light before the November 3 elections.
In his speech Donald Trump names all seven children of Amy Coney Barrett, 48, who were present at the ceremony of her appointment as Supreme Court Justice at the White House: “Thank you for sharing your amazing mom with our country,” he said. the American president.
Democratic White House candidate Joe Biden has appealed to the Senate not to confirm Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court before the November 3 presidential election. The intervention of the former vice president while the ceremony for the appointment of Barrett was still in progress at the White House.
Amy Coney Barrett dedicates her first words as Supreme Court-designate judge to the late liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “She broke several glass ceilings,” said Barrett, who is a conservative Catholic by birth. Barrett also recalled the constitutional judge Antonin Scalia of whom she was a disciple. “The task of a judge – he said – is to apply the law as it is written”
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