Her confirmation caps off Trump’s and McConnell’s reshaping of the federal judiciary.
The Senate on Monday voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, handing President Donald Trump a sorely needed win just eight days before the election and solidifying a conservative majority on the high court for a generation.
Monday’s vote capped a 30-day sprint that has driven the Senate even deeper into the bitter partisanship that has defined the institution over the last two decades, prompting vague threats of retribution if Democrats take control of the chamber after the Nov. 3 election.
Trump nominated Barrett exactly one month ago, and Republicans quickly coalesced around Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s push to confirm the 48-year-old federal judge to the high court, largely steamrolling Democrats’ demands to delay her confirmation until after the election — resulting in the first Supreme Court confirmation with only one-party support since the 19th century.
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After an overnight session that lasted more than 30 hours, the Senate confirmed Barrett by a vote of 52 to 48, with only Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) siding with all Democrats to oppose her. With her confirmation, Trump has now appointed a third of the court’s nine justices — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
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BREAKING: The Senate voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, handing President Donald Trump a sorely needed win just eight days before the election and solidifying a conservative majority on the high court for a generation https://t.co/bvmAmOWXeL
— POLITICO (@politico) October 27, 2020
Congrats to ACB. Ironically — to some, at least — per SCOTUS tradition she will have to serve coffee or tea to the other Justices during conferences for as long as she is the newest Justice. She will be a servant, a handmaiden if you will, to the Roberts Court.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 27, 2020
JUST IN: Justice Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas to become the Ninth Justice of the Supreme Court. https://t.co/OZ4g0xnBXj pic.twitter.com/bBs75P9qUf
— The Hill (@thehill) October 27, 2020
The scene at tonight's outdoor ceremony looked very different from the previous W.H. event where Trump introduced her as his nominee. Tonight's event was held on the South Lawn instead of the Rose Garden. Also, most of the guests wore masks. https://t.co/ABpt6fHdL0
📷 Getty pic.twitter.com/S4EHVVr01m— POLITICO (@politico) October 27, 2020
Liberals, of course, are livid and the poor gal hasn’t even started her job yet. Every time Justice Barrett sneezes, it will be a major controversy.
My only and immediate concern will be which side she will be on when Trump’s numerous, frivolous lawsuits over the election reach SCOTUS. Will she feel gratitude to Trump for her appointment and allow that gratitude to color her judgment on these suits, or will she do he right thing and consider these suits on their merits (which they won’t have)?
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