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Replacing Ginsburg's Supreme Court Seat
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(10-13-2020, 12:53 PM)zigbee Wrote:
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett was showcased just how qualified she is to be a judge during Sen. John Cornyn's line of questioning during her second day of confirmation hearings.

"Most of us have multiple notebooks and books and things like that in front of us. Can you hold up what youâ€ve been referring to in answering our questions?"

Barrett held up the only notepad she had.

"Is there anything on it?" Cornyn asked.

"The letterhead that says United States Senate," Barrett replied.

In other words, Barrett had been answering tough questions for hours, and with many hours to go, about potential rulings, Supreme Court precedents, and her past rulings and opinions all without needing extra help.
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., opted not to question Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday, instead treating the Senate Judiciary Committee to a nearly half-hour presentation on how big-money donors have influenced both the Republican Party and the Supreme Court.

Whitehouse tied issues like abortion and health care to large donations to conservative judicial groups and statements from Republicans about court selections, such as a quote from President Trump that is related to an Affordable Care Act case that will go before the Supreme Court in November.


"In this litigation, he said, 'We want to terminate health care under ObamaCare.' That is the president's statement," Whitehouse said.

He then referred to briefs from Republican senators arguing that courts should eliminate the Affordable Care Act, as well as the claim often made by Democrats that Trump specifically chose Barrett for the Supreme Court to rule against the health care law.

"Why is it surprising for us to be concerned that you want this nominee to do what you want nominees to do?” Whitehouse asked his GOP colleagues.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., speaks during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
“A lot of this has to do with money,” Whitehouse continued, discussing large contributions and alleging that they have influenced court cases.

"National Federation of Independent Businesses, until it filed the NFIB v. Sebelius case, had its biggest donation ever of $21,000," Whitehouse said, referring to the challenge to the Affordable Care Act that ultimately led to a 2012 Supreme Court decision upholding the law. "In the year that it went to work on the Affordable Care Act, 10 wealthy donors gave $10 million. Somebody deserves a thank you."

Whitehouse went on to bring up abortion cases and the Republican Partyâ€s 2016 platformâ€s call for judicial appointments who would “reverse the long line of activist decisions – including Roe.” He also referenced Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., quoting him as saying that he would only vote for judicial nominees who think Roe v. Wade was decided incorrectly.

Whitehouse then delved into what he called “the scheme” that he believes is at play.

“In all cases, thereâ€s big anonymous money behind various lanes of activity,” he said, holding up a sign bearing the names of the Federalist Society and the Judicial Crisis Network, along with a reference to legal “groups,” all of whom receive millions in anonymous donations as they influence judicial nominations and court cases.

“Eighty cases under Chief Justice Roberts that have these characteristics. One, they were decided 5-4, by a bare majority. Two, the 5-4 majority was partisan, in the sense that not one Democratic appointee joined the five. I refer to that group as the Roberts Five, it changes a little bit as with Justice Scaliaâ€s death, for instance, but there has been a steady Roberts Five that has delivered now 80 of these decisions. And the last characteristic of them is that there is an identifiable Republican donor interest in those cases, and in every single case that donor interest won.”
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ACB is going to be a much better judge than RBG it isn't funny and I say that as someone who respected RGB, but disagreed with her fat left ideas.

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A major theme of Democrats†attacks on Barrett appeared to be the idea that President Trump nominated her due to her attitude towards the Affordable Care Act — also known as ObamaCare — with oral arguments coming up in November in a case that could potentially spell the end of it.




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Sen. Cory Booker asks Barrett if she condemns white supremacy -- and she does.

Booker says he's glad to hear that, and adds that 'I wish our president would say that so resolutely and unequivocally as well."
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Hirono hits Barrett for using the phrase "sexual preference" in an earlier answer.

"Sexual preference is an offensive and outdated term, it is used by anti-LGBTQ activists to suggest that sexual orientation is a choice -- it is not," she says.

She says the LGBTQ community should be concerned whether she would uphold Obergefell.
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Hirono now drawing attention to comments made by Republicans that Barrett meets their standard of seeing Roe v Wade as badly decided.

She asks Barrett if Trump was wrong to believe she would overturn Roe v Wade.

Barrett says she has "made no promises, I have no agenda."
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Hirono asks Barrett: "Since you became a legal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature."
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52 minutes ago
Sen. Hirono again blasts Republicans for holding the hearing instead of working for COVID relief.

She accuses Republicans of ramming through "another ideologically-driven justice" onto the court.
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(10-13-2020, 05:48 PM)zigbee Wrote:
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His own mother probably can't stand him.  Nuff said.
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(10-13-2020, 04:24 PM)davebucknut Wrote: ACB is going to be a much better judge than RBG it isn't funny and I say that as someone who respected RGB, but disagreed with her fat left ideas.

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Why use notes when the senator is going to bloviate for 99% of their time?

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I almost puked when Harris was talking about “the great John McCain” saving Obamacare.
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I saw some clips of ACB on Fox News.   She is impressive.
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