If Democrats follow through on plans to delay hearings on the Supreme Court nomination using procedural tactics, Republicans say they&#8217;ll simply push through more federal judges, leaving Dems with the choice of confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the nation&#8217;s highest court or fighting dozens of lower-level nominations.
<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/29/republicans-judicial-confirmations-democrats-barrett-423037">POLITICO reports</a> that while Democrats &#8220;cannot stop Barrett&#8217;s nomination,&#8221; they can use a number of procedural tactics to limit Senate Judiciary Committee hearings to two hours or less, leaving the GOP scrambling to complete the nomination process ahead of the November presidential elections.
If the Democrats take that route, the GOP has two options. They can string out the hearings, holding them on a protracted timeline that does not allow them to meet their goal of having Barrett confirmed by Halloween, or they can pull all Senate Republicans back to Washington, D.C., to hold an immediate up or down vote &#8212; something Democrats reportedly hope will take key, vulnerable Republican Senators off the campaign trail.
The GOP, though, is considering a third option: answering Democrats&#8217; procedural tactics with some of their own, holding up-or-down votes on dozens of pending nominations to lower court seats and open administration positions until Democrats acquiesce and allow the GOP to hold complete Senate nomination hearings.
&#8220;We&#8217;re prepared for that if they decide they want to use motions to adjourn or try and use the tools at their disposal to keep us here, that&#8217;s fine,” Sen. Jon Thune (R-ND) told media Tuesday. “But that keeps them here too and what that means is we&#8217;ll do more judges and more executive nominations that those guys don&#8217;t like.”
Democrats have struggled with how to respond to the Barrett nomination, first threatening to respond by &#8220;packing&#8221; the Supreme Court with additional justices if they find themselves in control of both the White House and the Senate after the November elections, then suggesting they&#8217;d press for term limits for future Supreme Court nominees. Progressive activists resorted, briefly, to attacking Barrett&#8217;s faith, family, and record before they were shut down by more mainstream, moderate forces who understood the possible fallout from questioning Barrett&#8217;s Catholic bona fides and her large family.
Now, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is urging a two-pronged approach: refuse to meet with Barrett privately ahead of her official nomination hearings, and focus concerns about Barrett&#8217;s record on health care and her potential impact on the existing Affordable Care Act, up for oral arguments in front of the court in November.
The plan is a double-edged sword. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) noted last week that if Barrett has fewer private meetings, her public hearings can begin sooner, and Barrett&#8217;s only record on the ACA involves criticism of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts&#8217; decision to recast the insurance mandate as a &#8220;tax&#8221; &#8212; a legal approach shared by many of Roberts&#8217; critics and a number of legal scholars.
Barrett&#8217;s official hearings are set to begin October 12, and the GOP believes she will be on the Court before the end of October.
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Late-night host Stephen Colbert sees the writing on the wall: &#8220;Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett&#8221; is a future that the Democrats must come to terms with.
Speaking on his show Monday night, the comedian who has turned his platform into a  political forum, with jokes largely torching President Donald Trump, admitted Amy Coney Barrett&#8217;s confirmation to the last Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s seat &#8220;is inevitable, like death.&#8221;
&#8220;We&#8217;ve had some fun with Donald Trump over the years, we&#8217;ve laughed,  we&#8217;ve cried. We mostly cried. But every once in a while, you get a troubling reminder that he is the president,&#8221; Colbert began. &#8220;Like this weekend when to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s seat on the Supreme Court, Trump nominated federal judge and in-house attorney at Westworld, Amy Coney Barrett.&#8221;
&#8220;Senate Republicans celebrated by hocking fundraising T-shirts that say, &#8216;Notorious A.C.B.&#8217;  R.B.G&#8217;s not even in the ground yet and you&#8217;re stealing her nickname,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That&#8217;s the most ghoulish move since when Andrew Johnson called himself &#8216;Honest Andy, I shall not perish from the earth.'&#8221;
Colbert then cited an ABC News poll showing that a full 57% of Americans feel that the Supreme Court seat should be left vacant until after the election. He then lamented how the majority of Americans rarely get what they want in this country, citing the 2016 election.
&#8220;The majority of Americans do not want Trump to fill R.B.G&#8217;s seat right now, but if the majority of Americans got what they wanted, Hillary Clinton would be president, Jon Snow would be on the Iron Throne, and Mallomars would be available year-round,&#8221; he quipped.
Though Democrats may not like the outcome, Colbert finally admitted that there is little the party can do to stop Barrett&#8217;s confirmation after playing a clip of Sen. Dick Durbin from over the weekend saying that they can only slow it down by a few hours or possibly days.
“We can slow it down perhaps a matter of hours, maybe days at the most, but we can’t stop the outcome,” Durbin told George Stephanopoulos on Sunday.
&#8220;Senator Durbin is right, Justice Barrett is inevitable, like death and Donald Trump not paying this taxes,&#8221; concluded Colbert.
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As reported by <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-senate-confirmation_n_5f6dfe7cc5b64deddeecee7a">HuffPo</a>, Democratic strategists have been working around the clock to cook up plans that could stall or derail Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
“There aren’t many options available to keep this from happening. But progressive activist groups and, increasingly, members of the party’s elite are pushing Senate <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:3;elm:context_link;itc:0" data-rapid-parsed="slk">Democrats</a> to deploy every tool available to fight this nomination. Democrats are also being urged to threaten retribution for this appointment, if it comes to pass, in the form of adding justices to the Supreme Court and eliminating the legislative filibuster,” the report said.
Though Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reportedly said that “nothing is off the table” in the fight to protect Ginsburg’s seat, CNN legal expert Jeff Toobin said that Democrats will wimp out and not put up much of a fight.
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A new ad comes to the defense of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, slamming Democrats and &#8220;liberal extremists&#8221; for their anti-Christian attacks on the Catholic mother of seven.
The ad, released Tuesday by Judicial Crisis Network, highlights the controversial questioning of Barrett by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Dirk Durbin (D-IL) during the judge&#8217;s confirmation hearing to be a federal appeals judge in 2017.
Both Feinstein and Durbin were hit with charges of anti-Catholic bigotry for pressing Barrett about her personal religious views, most notably when Feinstein told the judge, &#8220;the dogma lives loudly with you.&#8221;
&#8220;Democrats and liberal extremists are attacking Amy Coney Barrett for her faith,&#8221; the voiceover in the ad starts. &#8220;It&#8217;s shameful bigotry, but it&#8217;s not new.&#8221;
The ad then cuts to a clip of Durbin pressing Barrett on whether she is an &#8220;orthodox Catholic,&#8221; and then shows a clip from Feinstein saying, &#8220;The dogma lives loudly within you, and that&#8217;s of concern.&#8221;
&#8220;Amy Coney Barrett stood her ground,&#8221; the voiceover continues. &#8220;Democrats know she&#8217;s brilliant and principled, so their attacks on her faith will only get worse.&#8221;
&#8220;Stand with Amy,&#8221; the ad concludes.
Following Coney Barrett&#8217;s federal appeals judge hearings, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) raised concerns over attacks from Democrats on the judge&#8217;s faith.
“I think some of the questioning that you have been subjected to today seems to miss some of these fundamental constitutional protections we all have,” Sasse said at the time, <a href="https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/watch-dems-shamefully-grill-trump-judicial-nominee-over-her-religion/">according</a> to Law&amp;Crime.
The outlet also noted that University of North Carolina law professor Carissa Hessick similarly pushed back against the Democrats&#8217; religious-based questioning.
&#8220;I hope that reporters press [Senator Dick Durbin] on why he thinks it is acceptable to question judicial nominees about their religious beliefs,&#8221; Hessick <a href="https://twitter.com/CBHessick/status/905506988909613056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E905506988909613056%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flawandcrime.com%2Fhigh-profile%2Fwatch-dems-shamefully-grill-trump-judicial-nominee-over-her-religion%2F">posted</a> via Twitter. 
In 2020, similar attacks on Barrett&#8217;s faith are resurfacing from prominent Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media.
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gingrich-if-its-barrett-will-kamala-rein-in-her-anti-catholic-bigotry">The Daily Wire</a> last week, The Washington Post highlighted Barrett&#8217;s faith in an apparent attempt to paint her as an extremist unfit for the Supreme Court.
“Amy Coney Barrett, the judge at the top of Trump’s list to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, has said we should always remember that a ‘legal career is but a means to an end … and that end is building the Kingdom of God,&#8217;” one <a href="https://twitter.com/RonCharles/status/1307737438006243330">Washington Post reporter</a> tweeted.
“Trump’s likely RBG replacement, Amy Coney Barrett, is a Catholic extremist with 7 children who does not believe employers should be required to provide health care coverage for birth control,” one progressive activist said of the judge. “She wants the rest of American women to be stuck with her extreme lifestyle.”
And it hasn&#8217;t stopped there. Barrett&#8217;s adopted children, who are Haitian, have also been the used as a bludgeon to attack the judge as a &#8220;colonizer&#8221; and racist looking for &#8220;cover.&#8221;
Barrett&#8217;s confirmation nevertheless seems all but sealed.
&#8220;We can slow it down perhaps a matter of hours, maybe days at the most,” Durbin admitted on ABC News this past weekend. “But we can&#8217;t stop the outcome.&#8221;
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) recently announced hearings for Coney Barrett will begin Oct. 12.
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Democrats want to take their ball and go home.
The Constitution sets out the process for filling a vacancy in the Supreme Court. The president nominates a replacement, the Senate provides &#8220;advice and consent,&#8221; and then lawmakers vote.
But Democrats, who are in the minority in America&#8217;s highest legislative chamber, don&#8217;t want to play the game anymore.
Supreme Court nominees usually meet with senators from both parties, but this time around, Democrats are refusing to sit down with President Trump&#8217;s nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) won&#8217;t meet with Barrett, saying on Sunday, &#8220;I believe first the whole process has been illegitimate. And second, because she&#8217;s already stated that she is for overturning the ACA [Affordable Care Act], I will not meet with her.&#8221;
Schumer, who says the GOP &#8220;will have stolen two Supreme Court seats&#8221; if Barrett is confirmed, is joined by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Maize Hirono (D-HI), in refusing to meet with the nominee. &#8220;I will oppose the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, as I would any nominee proposed as part of this illegitimate sham process, barely one month before an election as Americans are already casting their votes,&#8221; Blumenthal wrote Sunday on Twitter.
Blumenthal echoed other Democrats&#8217; talking points on Obamacare, saying, &#8220;If Judge Barrett’s views become law, hundreds of millions of Americans living w/pre-existing conditions would lose access to their health care. In the middle of a pandemic, rushing confirmation of an extreme jurist who will decimate health care is unconscionable.&#8221;
&#8220;I will refuse to treat this process as legitimate &amp; will not meet with Judge Amy Coney Barrett,&#8221; he wrote.
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Barrett will meet with Republicans, including Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-SD), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), as well as Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Rick Scott (R-FL), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Cory Gardner (R-CO).
&#8220;It’s going to be very hard to argue that Judge Barrett is not qualified for the Supreme Court. She respects the Constitution, law, and precedent. She is vigilant about making sure they are applied in an even-handed way – exactly the kind of justice you would want,&#8221; Thune wrote on Twitter.
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Republicans can afford to lose three votes in a full Senate vote because they have Vice President Mike Pence, who will also meet with Barrett, to break a tie. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), have said they oppose moving ahead with the confirmation before the election on Nov. 3. But Murkowski in recent days has softened her stance, saying she will meet with the nominee as she acknowledged &#8220;this process is moving forward with or without me.”
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) claimed during an interview on Monday that women in the United States might be returning to a time when “being a woman is a pre-existing medical condition” due to President Donald Trump nominating Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
&#8220;You’re a devout Catholic,&#8221; MSNBC&#8217;s Andrea Mitchell said. &#8220;What’s your reaction to that? Is there a risk that Democrats not attack this nominee for her religious views and stick to where she might stand as a judge?&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, well the president is trying to, as usual, deflect attention from the fact as we have all spoken out very clearly,&#8221; Pelosi. &#8220;The reason the president is in a hurry to make this appointment and have this justice in place, no matter who it would be, no matter who it would be, is because on November 10th the oral arguments start on the Affordable Care Act, which he has committed to overturn, that&#8217;s why he&#8217;s in court, to overturn your pre-existing condition benefit.&#8221;
&#8220;And so, this is &#8230; some people make the &#8216;oh, well Garland.&#8217; No, Garland, Scalia died in February,&#8221; Pelosi ranted. &#8220;Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, when she died 10 states were already voting in our country. So, okay, we don&#8217;t want to get involved in the process, but understand why they were so disrespectful, it&#8217;s their attitude, but also your pre-existing condition.&#8221;
&#8220;If your child is on your policy, forget about it. If you are a woman, return to a time when being a woman is a pre-existing medical condition,&#8221; Pelosi claimed. &#8220;I can, as a mother of five, I can speak with some authority on that subject. If your family is availing itself of long-term care by way of Medicare, forget Medicaid, forget about it. This is kitchen table concerns, whether its health or financial health, they&#8217;re out to get you and that&#8217;s why they&#8217;re in such a hurry, even as people were voting when Ruth Bader Ginsburg went to her reward.&#8221;
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Barrett, 48, gave her acceptance speech over the weekend at the White House after being introduced by the president. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-amy-coney-barrett-gives-acceptance-speech-after-being-nominated-to-supreme-court">Transcript</a> of her statement below:
<blockquote>I am deeply honored by the confidence that you have placed in me, and I am so grateful to you and the first lady, to the vice president and the second lady, and to so many others here for your kindness on this rather overwhelming occasion.
I fully understand that this is a momentous decision for a president, and if the Senate does me the honor of confirming me, I pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. I love the United States, and I love the United States’ Constitution. I am truly humbled by the prospect of serving on the Supreme Court. Should I be confirmed, I will be mindful of who came before me. The flag of the United States is still flying at half-staff in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to mark the end of a great American life. Justice Ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in the legal profession—but she not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. For that, she has won the admiration of women across the country, and indeed, all over the world. She was a woman of enormous talent and consequence, and her life of public service serves as an example to us all.
Particularly poignant to me was her long and deep friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia, my own mentor. Justices Scalia and Ginsburg disagreed fiercely in print without rancor in person. Their ability to maintain a warm and rich friendship despite their differences even inspired an opera. These two great Americans demonstrated that arguments, even about matters of great consequence, need not destroy affection. In both my personal and professional relationships, I strive to meet that standard.
I was lucky enough to clerk for Justice Scalia, and given his incalculable influence on my life, I am very moved to have members of the Scalia family here today, including his dear wife Maureen. I clerked for Justice Scalia more than 20 year ago, but the lessons I learned still resonate. His judicial philosophy is mine, too. A judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policymakers, and they must be resolute in setting aside any policy views they might hold. The president has asked me to become the 9th justice, and as it happens, I’m used to being in a group of nine, my family.
Our family includes me, my husband Jesse, Emma, Vivian, Tess, John Peter, Liam, Juliet, and Benjamin. Vivian and John Peter, as the president said, were born in Haiti and they came to us five years apart when they were very young. And the most revealing fact about Benjamin, our youngest, is that his brothers and sisters unreservedly identify him as their favorite sibling. Our children obviously make our life very full. While I am a judge, I’m better known back home as a room parent, carpool driver, and birthday party planner. When schools went remote last spring, I tried on another hat: Jesse and I became co-principals of the Barrett e-learning academy—and yes, the list of enrolled students was a very long one. Our children are my greatest joy even though they deprive me of any reasonable amount of sleep.
I couldn’t manage this very full life without the unwavering support of my husband, Jesse. At the start of our marriage, I imagined that we would run our household as partners. As it has turned out, Jesse does far more than his share of the work. To my chagrin, I learned at dinner recently that my children consider him to be the better cook. For 21 years, Jesse has asked me every single morning what he can do for me that day. And though I almost always say “nothing,” he still finds ways to take things off my plate—and that’s not because he has a lot of free time. He has a busy law practice. It’s because he is a superb and generous husband, and I am very fortunate. Jesse and I have a life full of relationships, not only with our children, but with siblings, friends, and fearless baby-sitters, one of whom is with us today. I am particularly grateful to my parents, Mike and Linda Coney.
I have spent bulk of my adulthood as a Midwesterner, but I grew up in their New Orleans home. And as brother and sisters can also attest, mom and dad’s generosity extends not only to us, but to more people than any of us could count. They are an inspiration.
It is important at a moment like this to acknowledge family and friends, but this evening I also want to acknowledge you, my fellow Americans. The president has nominated me to serve on the United States Supreme Court, and that institution belongs to all of us. If confirmed, I would not assume that role for the sake of those in my own circle, and certainly not for my own sake. I would assume this role to serve you. I would discharge the judicial oath, which requires me to administer justice without respect to persons, do equal right to the poor and rich, and faithfully and impartially discharge my duties under the United States Constitution.
I have no illusions that the road ahead of me will be easy, either for the short-term or the long haul. I never imagined that I would find myself in this position, but now that I am, I assure you that I will meet the challenge with both humility and courage. Members of the United States Senate, I look forward to working with you during the confirmation process, and I will do my very best to demonstrate that I am worthy of your support.</blockquote>
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett may be in line to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, but leftists are out to stop conservatives from usurping another hand-me-down from the &#8220;Notorious RBG:&#8221; her nickname.
Before Barrett was officially nominated to Ginsburg&#8217;s seat, groups pressing for her selection began selling tee shirts naming Barrett the &#8220;Notorious ACB&#8221; &#8212; a play on Ginsburg&#8217;s branding &#8212; or, alternatively, &#8220;Glorious ACB,&#8221; a reference to Barrett&#8217;s Catholic faith, which has become a front-and-center issue in the media.
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The new monikers, though, aren&#8217;t sitting well with die-hard Ginsburg fans who took to Twitter and to the pages of left-leaning outlets to complain that conservatives were appropriating what rightfully belonged to &#8220;RGB.&#8221;
&#8220;Please stop calling her &#8216;ACB&#8217;. It demeans <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RBG?src=hashtag_click" data-focusable="true">#RBG</a> and the rest of us,&#8221; one social media critic claimed.
&#8220;Conservatives calling this woman &#8216;ACB&#8217; make me sick,&#8221; moaned another. &#8220;She will never be RBG.&#8221;
That might be good news to Barrett&#8217;s fans, who are likely hoping that Barrett wins speedy confirmation to the Supreme Court, giving conservatives a 6-3 edge (or, in some cases, at least a comfortable 5-4) over the Court&#8217;s more &#8220;liberal&#8221; justices.
Other critics connected &#8220;ACB&#8221; to the Trump administration&#8217;s controversial decision to pursue filling Ginsburg&#8217;s seat less than 40 days out of an election.
&#8220;They&#8217;re stealing RGB&#8216;s nickname on top of her seat,&#8221; one social media user complained. &#8220;ACB didn&#8217;t earn this. The GOP is sick and cruel.&#8221;
Left-leaning media outlet Slate even went so far as to suggest that the &#8220;Notorious ACB&#8221; nickname was an example of &#8220;contempt&#8221; on the part of Republicans looking to replace Ginsburg quickly &#8212; and a blow against Ginsburg&#8217;s achievements in the name of feminism.
&#8220;Applying Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s nickname to Amy Coney Barrett is deliberately degrading,&#8221; Slate reporter Dahlia Lithwick claims. &#8220;The White House rollout of Judge Amy Coney Barrett as candidate for the seat has gone beyond erasing Ginsburg’s legacy—they are stealing the trappings of that legacy and stripping it for parts.&#8221;
&#8220;There are now grotesque GOP T-shirts that imply that 60 years of unprecedented and brilliant legal advocacy by Ginsburg could simply be reappropriated by someone else because she too is a woman in possession of three names,&#8221; Lithwick continues. &#8220;This comedic implication—that Barrett is the natural inheritor of Ginsburg’s legacy—is depraved.&#8221;
Lithwick goes on to suggest that the only thing &#8220;feminist&#8221; about Barrett is that she happens to be a woman.
&#8220;As Donald Trump explained when he introduced her, Barrett’s work to dismantle Ginsburg’s legacy in abortion, health care, discrimination, and gun rights is to be construed as pro-women simply because a woman will be doing it. Even Barrett’s own remarks relied on co-opting Ginsburg’s reputation and legacy, as if the fact that one’s husband is the better cook is the only hallmark of female empowerment,&#8221; Lithwick claims, before fretting that it is conservatives &#8212; and not leftists &#8212; who are casting Barrett, the heralded mother of seven, acclaimed jurist, and law professor as a mere imitation of greatness.
&#8220;ACB&#8217;s&#8221; nomination process is slated to begin October 16th, which Republicans hoping for an up-or-down vote in the full Senate the final week of October.
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‘Sick,’ ‘Demeaning’: Leftists Erupt Over Amy Coney Barrett ‘ACB’ Nickname

Judge Amy Coney Barrett may be in line to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, but leftists are out to stop conservatives

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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amy-coney-barrett-inside-white-houses-plan-knife-fighters">Fox News reports Monday</a> that the White House has an extensive, two-pronged plan to protect Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as she navigates her upcoming Senate confirmation process &#8212; a process expected to be especially brutal for the 7th Circuit judge who hopes to fill the seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Aides told the network that the White House plans to deploy &#8220;&#8216;knife fighters&#8217; to &#8216;fiercely&#8217; defend the nominee ahead of what’s expected to be a heated battle on Capitol Hill&#8221; and that a team is already in place to help Barrett weather the storm, guiding her through the process of handling upcoming Senate hearings and the inevitable attacks.
&#8220;Senior White House officials told Fox News that the team is broken into two parts: one focused on communications and the other focused on guiding Barrett through the process on Capitol Hill,&#8221; Fox News reports.
Much of the team is comprised of existing White House communications professionals, including Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, several of her deputies, and at least two other communications officials, &#8220;Alyssa Farah and Ben Williamson, who are veterans of Capitol Hill and who have unique relationships with Republican leadership in both chambers of Congress.&#8221;
Trump administration officials say they&#8217;re prepared for what the expect to be a brutal battle with Democrats over Ginsburg&#8217;s seat and her legacy &#8212; and they acknowledge that the &#8220;opposition&#8221; sees nothing as &#8220;off-limits.&#8221;
“We will need to be knife fighters with the opposition, and will be prepared to marshal information quickly, and disseminate it to push back on any false narratives or attacks on her and her family, because we anticipate, unfortunately, that Democrats will go there,” a source told the network. “So we’re mounting an offensive strategy on her behalf because she is such an incredible and inspiring nominee. We’ll be defending her fiercely every day.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is also said to be working closely with the White House, informing Barrett&#8217;s team of efforts to whip Senate votes into her corner. Also likely on speed dial, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who will set the timeline for Barrett&#8217;s confirmation hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Prominent Democrats are already voicing concerns over Barrett&#8217;s nomination and the truncated timeline; Barrett will have to be vetted and confirmed before the November elections and Republicans are already planning to begin proceedings on October 16th and to hold a final vote on her nomination to the Supreme Court the final week of October.
Several, including Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), have indicated they do not plan to participate in any run-up interviews ahead of Barrett&#8217;s appearance in front of the Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) fired back at Democrats refusing to meet with Barrett Sunday night, suggesting that a Judiciary Committee hearing devoid of an opposition party would greatly speed the nomination and confirmation process.
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White House: ‘Knife Fighters’ Will Go To War To Protect Amy Coney Barrett In Supreme Court Nomination Battle

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If the battle for Brett Kavanaugh gave us Lindsey 2.0, then get ready for Lindsey 3.0 for the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett.
Since news broke last week that President Trump and the Republicans would be moving to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s seat on the Supreme Court before the election, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has pulled no punches. Speaking with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News this past Sunday, Graham warned the Democrats will &#8220;try to destroy Judge Barrett at their own peril.&#8221;
With the passing of Ginsburg, accompanied by the fact that Democrats do not control the U.S. Senate, Graham emphasized that the Democrats are under &#8220;enormous pressure&#8221; to do anything and everything to stop Judge Barrett&#8217;s nomination from succeeding.
&#8220;Their base is going nuts, they&#8217;ve raised $300 million since the passing of Justice Ginsburg,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m being outraised 2 to 1, every Republican running in the Senate is being hit hard with all this money coming.&#8221;
When asked if the fight over Barrett&#8217;s nomination will be as painful as Justice Kavanaugh, Graham doubted it. As for the kind of tactics the Democrats plan to employ, Graham said it will only hurt the party in the end.
“The pressure on these people on the Democratic side is enormous. Look at what they’re saying about President Trump. Look at what they’re saying about Judge Barrett. She’s an incredibly capable, well-qualified judicial nominee, somebody you would expect the Republicans to nominate to the court,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The storylines about her religion are already starting. The one thing I can tell every American, we have a constitutional provision that prevents your religious choice being used against you if you’re nominated to the Supreme Court or any other position in the government. And that’s a good thing. So, I don’t know where it’s going to go.”
“But I know the amount of money coming in since the death of Justice Ginsburg tells me there’s a lot of energy out there to take out Judge Barrett,” Graham continued. “Help me and others, LindseyGraham.com. I hate to keep saying that, but just — the money is just overwhelming. The bottom line here is, they’re under a tremendous amount of pressure. But, after Kavanaugh — let me say this. After Kavanaugh, they try to destroy Judge Barrett at their own peril.”
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Last week, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reportedly told Congressional Democrats on a call that “nothing is off the table” in stopping Ginsburg’s replacement. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) then warned of “dirty tricks” that might be up the Democrats’ sleeves.
“Already some of the same individuals who tried every conceivable dirty trick to obstruct Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh are lining up … to proclaim the third time will be the charm,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-mcconnell-speeches-set-tone-confirmation-battle-ruth-bader-ginsburg">McConnell said</a> on Monday. “The American people are about to witness an astonishing parade of misrepresentations about the past, misstatements about the present and more threats against our institutions from the same people, the same people who already have been saying for months … they want to pack the court.”
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WATCH: Lindsey 3.0: Dems Will Try To ‘Destroy Judge Barrett At Their Own Peril’

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The Democratic base wants party leaders to stop at nothing in the fight to keep Judge Amy Coney Barrett off the Supreme Court, but Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says that while they can &#8220;slow&#8221; her confirmation, they will not be able to stop it.
Speaking on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Durbin concurred that the Democrats do not have a &#8220;silver bullet&#8221; to take out Barrett and that they can only do so much.
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“We can slow it down perhaps a matter of hours, maybe days at the most, but we can’t stop the outcome,” Durbin told George Stephanopoulos, as reported by <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/supreme-court-nomination/2020/09/27/917444275/we-can-t-stop-the-outcome-no-2-senate-democrat-says-of-barrett-nomination">NPR</a>.
Durbin strongly criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for pushing Barrett&#8217;s nomination prior to the election, an alleged reversal to his stance in 2016.
“Now we’re going hellbent on getting this done before the election,” Durbin said. “And the second thing, of course, he reversed the position he took four years ago saying we should wait for the next president to fill the vacancy.”
Durbin also argued that Barrett should recuse herself from any future cases pertaining to the 2020 presidential election.
&#8220;I certainly wish she would; it would really help matters and it would evidence the fact that she wants to be fair in addressing this,&#8221; Durbin said. &#8220;To think that [Trump] would not accept the verdict of the election, and that he would make it clear that he&#8217;s filling this vacancy on the Supreme Court to make sure it tips his way if there&#8217;s any election contest, that is an outrage.&#8221;
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As reported by <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-senate-confirmation_n_5f6dfe7cc5b64deddeecee7a">HuffPo</a>, Democratic strategists have been working around the clock to cook up plans that could stall or derail Barrett&#8217;s nomination to the Supreme Court.
&#8220;There aren’t many options available to keep this from happening. But progressive activist groups and, increasingly, members of the party’s elite are pushing Senate <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ylk="subsec:paragraph;cpos:3;elm:context_link;itc:0" data-rapid-parsed="slk">Democrats</a> to deploy every tool available to fight this nomination. Democrats are also being urged to threaten retribution for this appointment, if it comes to pass, in the form of adding justices to the Supreme Court and eliminating the legislative filibuster,&#8221; the report said.
Though Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reportedly said that &#8220;nothing is off the table&#8221; in the fight to protect Ginsburg&#8217;s seat, CNN legal expert Jeff Toobin said that Democrats will wimp out and not put up much of a fight.
“Democrats are great about talking big, but we’ll see if he has the … if he and the other Democrats have the guts to do anything,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-cnns-jeff-toobin-calls-democrats-wimps-says-theyll-fail-to-keep-rbg-seat-empty">Toobin said</a>. “If they retake control of the Senate, will they really add the two seats on the Supreme Court?”
“They’re weak, they’re wimps and they’re afraid,” he added. “We think about Bush v. Gore.  In 2016, Al Gore said, ‘No street protests. This is just a legal process.&#8217; There is a difference to how Democrats and Republicans go about these fights and we’ll see if Democrats learn anything from Republicans here. Yes, it’s interesting that Chuck Schumer said nothing is off the table, but that’s not a commitment to do anything,”
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WATCH: Sen. Dick Durbin Says Dems Can Only ‘Slow’ Barrett’s Confirmation, We ‘Can’t Stop’ It

The Democratic base wants party leaders to stop at nothing in the fight to keep Judge Amy Coney Barrett off the Supreme Court, but Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)

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During <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?476319-1/joe-biden-president-trump-terminate-affordable-care-act-supreme-court-nominee#">remarks on Sunday</a>, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden accused Republicans of engaging in an “abuse of power” for moving forward to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Justice <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ruth-bader-ginsburg">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</a> before election day, emphasizing that early voting has already started in some states.
“U.S. Constitution provides one chance — one — for the Americans to have their voices heard on who serves a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court, who makes those big decisions about their healthcare, their civil rights, and much else,” said Biden.
“That chance is now. That moment is now. And the voters, in my view, are not gonna stand for this abuse of power. And if we’re to call ourselves a Democracy, their voices must be heard,” he added.
President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-officially-nominates-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-u-s-supreme-court?%3Futm_source=twitter">Donald Trump officially nominated Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett</a>, 48, to the Supreme Court on Saturday, kicking off a confirmation process that is expected to continue into late October, mere days before the election.
Late last week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsay Graham (R-SC) said that he plans on having <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/graham-says-barrett-hearings-will-begin-oct-12-lays-out-rough-timeline">Barrett finished with the committee process by October 26</a>, at which point Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will establish how to proceed.
During his Sunday speech, and in reference to the Supreme Court vacancy, Biden called on “every senator to take a step back from the brink, take off the blinders of politics,” and “stand up to the Constitution you swore to uphold.” He also said that just because &#8220;you have the power to do something,” it “doesn&#8217;t absolve you of your responsibility to do right by the American people.&#8221;
Democrats have accused McConnell of violating the precedent he used back in 2016 — when a vacancy was left on the Supreme Court by the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia — to avoid holding hearings for Obama Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.
McConnell has pointed out that the precedent wasn’t about not holding Supreme Court hearings during an election year, but rather, not holding hearings during an election year when the president and the Senate, which is tasked with voting on the Supreme Court nominee, are of opposite parties during an election year.
“In the last midterm election before Justice Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term. We kept our promise. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year,” said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-honors-ginsburgs-life-vows-to-hold-vote-on-trump-supreme-court-nominee">McConnell in a statement</a> earlier this month.
“By contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary. Once again, we will keep our promise,” the Republican Senate majority leader added.
Should Barrett be successfully appointed to the Supreme Court, she will be the only sitting justice not to have a degree from either Harvard or Yale. She will also be nearly 35 years younger than the current oldest sitting justice, Stephen Breyer, who is 82 and has served on the court for over a quarter-century.
A previous version of this article incorrectly described Justice Breyer as 87; he is 82 years old.
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Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden Discusses Supreme Court Nominee

Biden Says Moving Forward With Barrett Nomination Before Election Day Is An ‘Abuse Of Power’

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President Trump says his Supreme Court nominee will be confirmed by the Senate &#8220;easily&#8221; before the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 3.
There&#8217;s a &#8220;tremendous amount of time,&#8221; the president said in a taped <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fox-friends-amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court">interview</a> that aired Sunday on Fox News.
&#8220;I think we could have it done easily before the election,&#8221; he said, adding that they were &#8220;going to try and have it done quickly.&#8221;
&#8220;I think she&#8217;ll be confirmed [&#8230;] relatively long before the election,&#8221; Trump said.
The president said his nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, will be a textualist. &#8220;Mostly, I&#8217;m looking for somebody that can interpret the Constitution as written,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We say it all the time and she is very strong on that.&#8221;
In accepting Trump&#8217;s nomination, Barrett on Saturday vowed to “faithfully and impartially discharge” her duties under the Constitution if confirmed to the high court.
&#8220;I pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability,” Barrett said in the White House Rose Garden alongside the president. “I love the United States and I love the United States Constitution.”
Barrett also praised Ginsburg, who passed away last Friday. “Should I be confirmed, I will be mindful of who came before me,” she said, saying Ginsburg “not only broke glass ceilings—she smashed them. She was a woman of enormous talent and consequence,” Barrett said.
The 48-year-old jurist, who clerked under late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, also called Ginsburg her &#8220;mentor.”
Barrett also praised Scalia, saying, “His judicial philosophy is mine too: A judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policymakers and they must be resolute in setting aside any policy views they might hold.”
Meanwhile, Joe Biden says Barrett would try to dismantle the Affordable Care Act pushed by him and his former boss, Barack Obama.
“She has a written track record of disagreeing with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act,” Biden said in a <a href="https://joebiden.com/2020/09/26/the-u-s-supreme-court-statement-by-vice-president-joe-biden/#">statement</a>. “She critiqued Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion upholding the law in 2012.”
&#8220;President Trump has been trying to throw out the Affordable Care Act for four years. Republicans have been trying to end it for a decade. Twice, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law as constitutional,&#8221; he wrote.
Barrett in 2017 wrote a review of a book by law professor Randy Barnett in which she criticized the Supreme Court&#8217;s justification for upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.  “Chief Justice Roberts pushed the Affordable Care Act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute,” Barrett wrote.
Sen. Kamala Harris, Biden&#8217;s running mate, also asserted that Barrett could adversely affect the ACA.
“From day one, President Trump made clear that he had a litmus test for Supreme Court Justices — destroy the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with preexisting conditions and overturn our right to make our own health care decisions,” the California Democrat said in her statement.
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Trump: Confirmation Of Barrett ‘Done Easily Before The Election’

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While Joe Biden can&#8217;t do a thing to stop President Trump&#8217;s nominee from being confirmed to the Supreme Court &#8212; especially from his basement in Delaware &#8212; that&#8217;s not preventing the Democratic presidential candidate from griping about it.
Biden says  Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s nominee to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s now-vacant seat on the high court, would try to dismantle the Affordable Care Act pushed by him and his former boss, Barack Obama.
“She has a written track record of disagreeing with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding the Affordable Care Act,” Biden said in a <a href="https://joebiden.com/2020/09/26/the-u-s-supreme-court-statement-by-vice-president-joe-biden/#">statement</a>. “She critiqued Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion upholding the law in 2012.”
&#8220;President Trump has been trying to throw out the Affordable Care Act for four years. Republicans have been trying to end it for a decade. Twice, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law as constitutional,&#8221; he wrote.
Barrett in 2017 wrote a review of a book by law professor Randy Barnett in which she criticized the Supreme Court&#8217;s justification for upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.  “Chief Justice Roberts pushed the Affordable Care Act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute,” Barrett wrote.
Sen. Kamala Harris, Biden&#8217;s running mate, also asserted that Barrett could adversely affect the ACA.
“From day one, President Trump made clear that he had a litmus test for Supreme Court Justices — destroy the Affordable Care Act’s protections for people with preexisting conditions and overturn our right to make our own health care decisions,” the California Democrat said in her statement.
Biden in his statement waxed poetic about the importance of the Supreme Court.
&#8220;The American people know the U.S. Supreme Court decisions affect their everyday lives. The United States Constitution was designed to give the voters one chance to have their voice heard on who serves on the Court. That moment is now and their voice should be heard. The Senate should not act on this vacancy until after the American people select their next president and the next Congress,&#8221; he wrote.
&#8220;Election Day is just weeks away, and millions of Americans are already voting because the stakes in this election could not be higher. They feel the urgency of this choice – an urgency made all the more acute by what’s at stake at the U.S. Supreme Court. They are voting because their health care hangs in the balance. They are voting because they worry about losing their right to vote or being expelled from the only country they have ever known. They are voting right now because they fear losing their collective bargaining rights. They are voting to demand that equal justice be guaranteed for all. They are voting because they don’t want Roe v. Wade, which has been the law of the land for nearly half a century, to be overturned,&#8221; Biden wrote.
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Biden Delivers Stern Warning On Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

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While Joe Biden can&#039;t do a thing to stop President Trump&#039;s nominee from being confirmed to the Supreme Court -- especially from his basement in Delaware

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Democrats are reportedly considering a plan to boycott upcoming Senate Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and at least two Democratic Senators &#8212; Hawaii&#8217;s Mazie Hirono and Connecticut&#8217;s Richard Blumenthal &#8212; say they will not meet with nominee Amy Coney Barrett because it would &#8220;legitimize&#8221; President Donald Trump&#8217;s decision to kick off a nomination process just weeks from a presidential election.
<a href="https://www.chron.com/news/article/Democrats-debate-whether-to-engage-or-withdraw-15599222.php">The Houston Chronicle reports</a> that Democratic senators are &#8220;mapping out how they will wield their limited procedural weapons in the fight over President Donald Trump&#8217;s Supreme Court nominee&#8221; and are &#8220;grappling with a central question: How much legitimacy do they give his candidate?&#8221;
&#8220;With little power to actually derail Trump&#8217;s pick, Democrats are coming under considerable pressure from their activist base to use every tactic at their disposal to not just throw sand in the gears of the confirmation fight, but to portray the consideration of expected nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a farce that shouldn&#8217;t even occur,&#8221; the outlet notes.
Over the last week, Democrats have tried a variety of approaches, from attacking Republicans as &#8220;hypocrites&#8221; for nominating a new jurist to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg &#8212; even though at this point, Republicans control both the White House and the Senate and it is possible the president will shortly earn an additional term &#8212; to attacking Amy Coney Barrett for her large family, adopted children, and faith community.
Sunday morning, Democratic leaders tried again to redirect the argument, focusing instead on upcoming oral arguments questioning the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act scheduled to take place at the start of the Supreme Court&#8217;s next term.
Most Democrats &#8212; like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) &#8212; are relying on the latter argument to swing voters, but at least two Senators, Hirono and Blumenthal, told media Saturday that they have no plans to &#8220;legitimize&#8221; Coney Barrett and will not even accept a casual meeting with the nominee, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hirono-blumenthal-amy-coney-barrett">per Fox News</a>.
&#8220;If Judge Barrett’s views become law, hundreds of millions of Americans living w/pre-existing conditions would lose access to their health care. In the middle of a pandemic, rushing confirmation of an extreme jurist who will decimate health care is unconscionable,&#8221; Blumenthal said on Twitter. “I will refuse to treat this process as legitimate &amp; will not meet with Judge Amy Coney Barrett.&#8221;
Hirono, at least, left open the possibility of questioning Barrett during a Senate confirmation hearing: “I will not be meeting with her, I will take the opportunity to question her when she is under oath.&#8221;
After a contentious week, however, Republicans are unlikely to take Democrats&#8217; feelings into consideration. As of Sunday, the GOP has enough votes to pass Barrett out of committee and approve her nomination on the Senate floor without Democratic defections. Republicans can afford at least three defections from their own party before Vice President Mike Pence is forced to cast a tie-breaking vote.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/graham-says-barrett-hearings-will-begin-oct-12-lays-out-rough-timeline">The Daily Wire reported Saturday</a>, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says the Senate plans to bring Barrett&#8217;s nomination to the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 12.
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Democrats Considering ‘Boycott’ Of Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings, Refuse To Meet With Amy Coney Barrett

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Democrats are reportedly considering a plan to boycott upcoming Senate Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and at least two Democratic Senators --

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The upcoming Senate Judiciary hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 48, for a position on the Supreme Court will begin on Monday, October 12, Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsay Graham (R-SC) revealed Saturday evening.
The hearings will last between three to four days and follow the format that has been used for recent Supreme Court nominees, the chairman’s office said in a statement.
Barrett, who is currently on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, will give her opening statement on the first day of the hearings, as will the members of the judiciary committee. The questioning phase will begin on October 13, and legal experts and “those who know Judge Barrett the best” will offer testimony at a later date, said the statement.
During a Saturday appearance on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/judgejeaninepirro/videos/706637769927310/">Fox News</a> with Jeannine Pirro, Graham said that Barrett will face challenges in the committee — as he notes all potential justices should — but cautioned Democrats against treating her “like they did Justice Kavanaugh.”
“It’s going to blow up in their faces big time,” Graham told Pirro of any attempts at derailment, later saying: “If they continue this pattern of trying to demean this outstanding nominee, I think the American people will push back and push back hard.”
“Kavanaugh really did help Republicans pick up Senate seats because they went too far,” he added.
Under the current timeline, Graham said he hopes to have Barrett out of the Senate Judiciary Committee by October 26, at which point Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) would take over the process.
President Donald <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-officially-nominates-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-u-s-supreme-court">Trump officially nominated Barrett</a> to fill the Supreme Court vacancy on Saturday afternoon, praising her as “a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution.”
McConnell praised Barrett in a statement Saturday afternoon for securing “national admiration for her shining example of strong female leadership at the very top of her field.” He also said that he plans to bring Barrett’s nomination to the Senate floor for a vote after the judiciary committee process has finished.
“The Court, the Senate, and the American people—not to mention the nominee and her family—deserve a fair process that is focused on Judge Barrett’s qualifications,” added McConnell in the statement. “I hope all 100 Senators will treat this serious process with the dignity and respect it should command.”
In a statement, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the ranking member of the judiciary committee, said that the Senate should not be filling a Supreme Court vacancy with the presidential election a little more than a month away.
As The Daily Wire previously reported, Democratic senators allegedly tried to throw Feinstein under the bus ahead of the confirmation hearings, with three of them reportedly telling Politico, under the condition of anonymity, that they feared she would botch the process.
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Graham Says Barrett Hearings Will Begin Oct. 12, Lays Out Rough Timeline

The upcoming Senate Judiciary hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 48, for a position on the Supreme Court will begin on Monday, October 12, Senate

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Democrats, Media Immediately Attack Amy Coney Barrett, Move To Delegitimize Her Nomination

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Democrats and their allies in the media immediately began attacking Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett for her Catholic faith and smeared her

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Several hours before President Donald Trump officially nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 48, of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) said that Democrats should retaliate by axing two long-held institutional norms — ending the Senate filibuster, and moving to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court.
“If Republicans confirm Judge Barrett, end the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court,” tweeted Markey on Saturday morning.
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If Republicans confirm Judge Barrett, end the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court.
— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMarkey/status/1309870258702909442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2020</a></blockquote>
The Senate filibuster allows lawmakers to block legislation or a pending vote that doesn’t have three-fifths of the Senate’s support. Democrats such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-move-to-instantly-kill-filibuster-to-ram-through-far-left-agenda-if-they-sweep-2020-races-report-says">former President Barack Obama</a> have recently started referring to it as a “Jim Crow” era relic.
While the Constitution doesn’t specifically enshrine the filibuster, it has been a theoretical feature of the Senate since the early 19th century and was first used in 1837. Other left-wing senators have expressed varying degrees of interest in eliminating the filibuster, including Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).
Markey’s other threat — court-packing — would upend a 150-year political norm in which the Supreme Court consists of nine justices. While the Constitution does not enshrine the number of justices on the bench, lawmakers have set the number of justices at nine, including one chief justice, and have not passed any efforts to expand it since 1869.
Markey is currently running for re-election against Republican challenger Kevin O&#8217;Connor.
As The Daily Wire previously reported, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-officially-nominates-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-u-s-supreme-court">President Donald Trump officially made his nomination to the Supreme Court</a> on Saturday afternoon during a White House ceremony in which he referred to Barrett as a “woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution.”
During Barrett’s remarks, the judge praised the late Justice Ginsburg, drawing attention to the half-mast flag flying in her memory.
“Justice Ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in the legal profession,” said Barrett. “But she not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. For that, she has won the admiration of women across the country and indeed, all over the world. She was a woman of enormous talent and consequence, and her life of public service serves as an example to us all.”
On Saturday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called on every senator to give Barrett a fair nomination process, saying: “I hope all 100 Senators will treat this serious process with the dignity and respect it should command.”
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett is an exceptionally impressive jurist and an exceedingly well-qualified nominee to the Supreme Court.
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— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) <a href="https://twitter.com/senatemajldr/status/1309963158182932487?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2020</a></blockquote>
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‘End The Filibuster And Expand The Supreme Court’: Dem Senator Proposes Retaliation If Barrett Confirmed

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Several hours before President Donald Trump officially nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 48, of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy

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Federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 48, gave an acceptance speech on Saturday afternoon after President Donald Trump nominated her to the Supreme Court.
&#8220;I love the United States, and I love the United States&#8217; Constitution,&#8221; Barrett said. &#8220;I am truly humbled by the prospect of serving on the Supreme Court. Should I be confirmed, I will be mindful of who came before me.&#8221;
&#8220;The flag of the United States is still flying at half-staff in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to mark the end of a great American life,&#8221; Barrett continued. &#8220;Justice Ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in the legal profession—but she not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. For that, she has won the admiration of women across the country, and indeed, all over the world. She was a woman of enormous talent and consequence, and her life of public service serves as an example to us all.&#8221;
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TRANSCRIPT:
<blockquote>Thank you very much, Mr. President. I am deeply honored by the confidence that you have placed in me, and I am so grateful to you and the first lady, to the vice president and the second lady, and to so many others here for your kindness on this rather overwhelming occasion.
I fully understand that this is a momentous decision for a president, and if the Senate does me the honor of confirming me, I pledge to discharge the responsibilities of this job to the very best of my ability. I love the United States, and I love the United States&#8217; Constitution. I am truly humbled by the prospect of serving on the Supreme Court. Should I be confirmed, I will be mindful of who came before me. The flag of the United States is still flying at half-staff in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to mark the end of a great American life. Justice Ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in the legal profession—but she not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them. For that, she has won the admiration of women across the country, and indeed, all over the world. She was a woman of enormous talent and consequence, and her life of public service serves as an example to us all.
Particularly poignant to me was her long and deep friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia, my own mentor. Justices Scalia and Ginsburg disagreed fiercely in print without rancor in person. Their ability to maintain a warm and rich friendship despite their differences even inspired an opera. These two great Americans demonstrated that arguments, even about matters of great consequence, need not destroy affection. In both my personal and professional relationships, I strive to meet that standard.
I was lucky enough to clerk for Justice Scalia, and given his incalculable influence on my life, I am very moved to have members of the Scalia family here today, including his dear wife Maureen. I clerked for Justice Scalia more than 20 year ago, but the lessons I learned still resonate. His judicial philosophy is mine, too. A judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policymakers, and they must be resolute in setting aside any policy views they might hold. The president has asked me to become the 9th justice, and as it happens, I&#8217;m used to being in a group of nine, my family.
Our family includes me, my husband Jesse, Emma, Vivian, Tess, John Peter, Liam, Juliet, and Benjamin. Vivian and John Peter, as the president said, were born in Haiti and they came to us five years apart when they were very young. And the most revealing fact about Benjamin, our youngest, is that his brothers and sisters unreservedly identify him as their favorite sibling. Our children obviously make our life very full. While I am a judge, I’m better known back home as a room parent, carpool driver, and birthday party planner. When schools went remote last spring, I tried on another hat: Jesse and I became co-principals of the Barrett e-learning academy—and yes, the list of enrolled students was a very long one. Our children are my greatest joy even though they deprive me of any reasonable amount of sleep.
I couldn&#8217;t manage this very full life without the unwavering support of my husband, Jesse. At the start of our marriage, I imagined that we would run our household as partners. As it has turned out, Jesse does far more than his share of the work. To my chagrin, I learned at dinner recently that my children consider him to be the better cook. For 21 years, Jesse has asked me every single morning what he can do for me that day. And though I almost always say “nothing,” he still finds ways to take things off my plate—and that&#8217;s not because he has a lot of free time. He has a busy law practice. It’s because he is a superb and generous husband, and I am very fortunate. Jesse and I have a life full of relationships, not only with our children, but with siblings, friends, and fearless baby-sitters, one of whom is with us today. I am particularly grateful to my parents, Mike and Linda Coney.
I have spent bulk of my adulthood as a Midwesterner, but I grew up in their New Orleans home. And as brother and sisters can also attest, mom and dad&#8217;s generosity extends not only to us, but to more people than any of us could count. They are an inspiration.
It is important at a moment like this to acknowledge family and friends, but this evening I also want to acknowledge you, my fellow Americans. The president has nominated me to serve on the United States Supreme Court, and that institution belongs to all of us. If confirmed, I would not assume that role for the sake of those in my own circle, and certainly not for my own sake. I would assume this role to serve you. I would discharge the judicial oath, which requires me to administer justice without respect to persons, do equal right to the poor and rich, and faithfully and impartially discharge my duties under the United States Constitution.
I have no illusions that the road ahead of me will be easy, either for the short-term or the long haul. I never imagined that I would find myself in this position, but now that I am, I assure you that I will meet the challenge with both humility and courage. Members of the United States Senate, I look forward to working with you during the confirmation process, and I will do my very best to demonstrate that I am worthy of your support.</blockquote>
This article has been updated to include the full text of Amy Coney Barrett&#8217;s speech.
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WATCH: Amy Coney Barrett Gives Acceptance Speech After Being Nominated To Supreme Court

Federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 48, gave an acceptance speech on Saturday afternoon after President Donald Trump nominated her to the

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President Donald Trump officially nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday afternoon to replace former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away last week.
“Today it is my honor to nominate one of our nation’s most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the Supreme Court,” Trump said. “She is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution.”
Barrett, 48, is a mother of seven, including two black children who she and her husband adopted from Haiti. Trump noted that, if confirmed, Barrett will be the first mother with school-age children to be on the Supreme Court.
Barrett is considered by many to be a rock solid choice who will not disappoint those who want an originalist on the nation’s highest court.
If confirmed, Barrett will replace Ginsburg, who died last week at 87 years old after losing the fight in her fifth bout with cancer.
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The University of Notre Dame Law School offered the following professional <a href="https://law.nd.edu/directory/amy-barrett/">biography</a> on Amy Coney Barrett:
<blockquote>The Honorable Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in October 2017. She is a Notre Dame Law School alumna and has taught as a member of the Law School’s faculty since 2002.
Judge Barrett teaches and researches in the areas of federal courts, constitutional law, and statutory interpretation. Her scholarship in these fields has been published in leading journals, including the Columbia, Virginia, and Texas Law Reviews. From 2010-2016, she served by appointment of the Chief Justice on the Advisory Committee for the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. She has been selected as “Distinguished Professor of the Year” by three of the Law School’s graduating classes.
Judge Barrett earned her B.A. in English literature, magna cum laude, from Rhodes College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and, among other honors, was chosen by the faculty as the most outstanding graduate in the college’s English department. She earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from Notre Dame, where she was a Kiley Fellow, earned the Hoynes Prize, the Law School’s highest honor, as the number one student in her class, and served as executive editor of the Notre Dame Law Review.
Before joining the Notre Dame faculty, Judge Barrett clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court. As an associate at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca &amp; Lewin in Washington, D.C., she litigated constitutional, criminal, and commercial cases in both trial and appellate courts. Judge Barrett has served as a visiting associate professor and John M. Olin Fellow in Law at the George Washington University Law School,  as a visiting associate professor of law at the University of Virginia and is a member of the American Law Institute (ALI).</blockquote>
This report has been updated to include additional information.
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Trump Officially Nominates Amy Coney Barrett To The U.S. Supreme Court

President Donald Trump officially nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday afternoon to replace former Justice Ruth Bader

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As multiple Democrats and media outlets raise questions regarding potential Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s adoption of two Haitian children, one person familiar with this line of attack is speaking out.
Meghan McCain, co-host of “The View” and daughter of late-Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), took to Twitter Saturday morning to warn against using the adopted children of a possible Supreme Court nominee against her.
“President Bush politicized adoption and my little sister &#8211; my family and America never forgot it (I never forgave). It is historically noted as a dark mark on American political history,” McCain tweeted. “Do not do to Amy Coney Barretts [sic] family what was done to mine, democrats. It won&#8217;t end well.”
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President Bush politicized adoption and my little sister &#8211; my family and America never forgot it (I never forgave). It is historically noted as a dark mark on American political history.
Do not do to Amy Coney Barretts family what was done to mine, democrats. It won&#8217;t end well.
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1309706919385464834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 26, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In 2000, after George W. Bush began trailing in the primary to Sen. McCain, the Bush campaign and its supporters started a rumor that his opponent had fathered a black child out of wedlock. The truth was simple and easy to verify: McCain’s wife Cindy visited Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1991 with the non-profit organization she founded, the American Voluntary Medical Team. While at the orphanage founded by Mother Teresa, Cindy found two infant girls who needed medical treatment. She adopted one of the girls and helped facilitate the adoption of the other to a family friend. She named her new adopted daughter Bridget. John McCain was happy to adopt a new baby girl.
Absolutely nothing untoward happened, yet the whisper campaign helped sink McCain’s 2000 run for president. He eventually buried the hatchet with President Bush and even stumped for him in 2004.
Twenty years after one of the ugliest smear campaigns in modern presidential history, Democrats are using foreign adoption against President Donald Trump’s reported Supreme Court pick, Judge Barrett, who adopted two Haitian Children.
The Daily Wire’s Hank Berrien reported:
Dana Houle, who served as Chief of Staff for Democratic New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes and campaign manager for Hodes and for Democratic Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes, according to <a href="http://bostonreview.net/Dana-houle">Boston Review</a>, tweeted, “I would love to know which adoption agency Amy Coney Barrett &amp; her husband used to adopt the two children they brought here from Haiti.”
“So, here’s a Q: does the press even investigate details of Barrett’s adoptions from Haiti? Some adoptions from Haiti were legit,” Houle continued. “Many were sketchy as hell. And if press learned they were unethical &amp; maybe illegal adoptions, would they report it? Or not bc it involves her children. Would it matter if her kids were scooped up by ultra-religious Americans, or Americans weren’t scrupulous intermediaries &amp; the kids were taken when there was family in Haiti? I dunno. I think it does, but maybe it doesn’t, or shouldn’t.”
He added, “I hope the adoptions were fully legit &amp; ethical. I hope if press investigates that’s whay [sic] find. But if the adoptions were sketchy, reporting it would really screw w the lives of her 2 adopted kids (&amp; maybe the 5 bio kids too).”
Another Democrat, NextGen America managing director John Lee Brougher, demanded more information “about the circumstances of how Amy Coney Barrett came to adopt her children, and the treatment of them since,” adding that “Transracial adoption is fraught with trauma and potential for harm.” Brougher has since protected his tweets.
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Meghan McCain: ‘Do Not Do To Amy Coney Barrett’s Family What Was Done To Mine’

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President Donald Trump is expected to announce his nomination to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday. On Saturday morning, the Trump re-election campaign sent an email to subscribers containing a countdown clock for the announcement.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-trump-planning-to-nominate-amy-coney-barrett-to-the-supreme-court">reported</a> Friday, reports have circulated that Trump is planning to announce Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 48, as his nominee. CNN was the first to report the news, insisting as fact that Barrett is the nominee:
<blockquote>President Donald Trump intends to choose Amy Coney Barrett to be the new Supreme Court justice, according to multiple senior Republican sources with knowledge of the process.
In conversations with some senior Republican allies on the Hill, the White House is indicating that Barrett is the intended nominee, multiple sources said.
All sources cautioned that until it is announced by the President, there is always the possibility that Trump makes a last-minute change but the expectation is Barrett is the choice. He is scheduled to make the announcement on Saturday afternoon.</blockquote>
Multiple media outlets followed up CNN’s report by speaking to anonymous sources in the decision-making process. The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/us/politics/amy-coney-barrett-supreme-court.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes">spoke</a> to “people close to the process who asked not to be identified disclosing the decision in advance” who told the outlet Barrett was the pick. The outlet cautioned that aides suggested “Trump sometimes upends his own plans,” but added that “he is not known to have interviewed any other candidates for the post.”
Barrett has long been considered a potential Supreme Court nominee and has already gone through a similar confirmation process when she was nominated to the Seventh Circuit. During those hearings, Democrats harped on her religion as disqualifying.
Democrats and their media supporters are doing the same thing now, making “The Handmaid’s Tale” references to Barrett, who is a Catholic. In addition, Democrats are now suggesting Barrett’s adoption of two Haitian children is unseemly, The Daily Wire’s Hank Berrien reported:
<blockquote>Dana Houle, who served as Chief of Staff for Democratic New Hampshire Rep. Paul Hodes and campaign manager for Hodes and for Democratic Connecticut Rep. Jim Himes, according to <a href="http://bostonreview.net/Dana-houle">Boston Review</a>, tweeted, “I would love to know which adoption agency Amy Coney Barrett &amp; her husband used to adopt the two children they brought here from Haiti.”
“So, here’s a Q: does the press even investigate details of Barrett’s adoptions from Haiti? Some adoptions from Haiti were legit,” Houle continued. “Many were sketchy as hell. And if press learned they were unethical &amp; maybe illegal adoptions, would they report it? Or not bc it involves her children. Would it matter if her kids were scooped up by ultra-religious Americans, or Americans weren’t scrupulous intermediaries &amp; the kids were taken when there was family in Haiti? I dunno. I think it does, but maybe it doesn’t, or shouldn’t.”
He added, “I hope the adoptions were fully legit &amp; ethical. I hope if press investigates that’s whay [sic] find. But if the adoptions were sketchy, reporting it would really screw w the lives of her 2 adopted kids (&amp; maybe the 5 bio kids too).”</blockquote>
Another Democrat, NextGen America managing director John Lee Brougher, demanded more information “about the circumstances of how Amy Coney Barrett came to adopt her children, and the treatment of them since,” adding that “Transracial adoption is fraught with trauma and potential for harm.” Brougher has since protected his tweets.
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