SCOTUSblog by James Romoser 10/15/2020
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday concluded its hearings on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and, amid unsuccessful efforts by Democrats to delay the process, scheduled a committee vote to send her nomination to the full Senate on Oct. 22. A full Senate vote is expected a few days after that, and Republicans, who hold a slim majority in the chamber, believe they have the votes to confirm Barrett to the seat formerly held by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
If confirmed, Barrett would become the third justice added to the court by President Donald Trump, and her confirmation would occur closer to a presidential election than any other Supreme Court confirmation in American history.
Democrats on the Judiciary Committee continued to argue on Thursday – as they did all week — that Republicans were rushing Barrett’s confirmation in direct contradiction with their actions in 2016, when they blocked President Barack Obama from filling a Supreme Court vacancy that occurred nine months before the election. Democrats attempted to use procedural maneuvers on Thursday to slow the confirmation, but the committee’s chair, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), rebuffed their efforts, causing some Democrats to concede that Barrett’s confirmation before the Nov. 3 election is all but inevitable.
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