7488922. If you want to text us, you can do that as well. You can post on our facebook site at facebook. Com cspan. Where you saw some of those people we heard from yesterday. Among them is senator chris , 120 from delaware saying Supreme Court decisions that were decided 54 that touch upon nearly every facet of American Life are all at risk of judge barrett is confirmed. He has the listing of those 54 decisions. You can see that direct exchange that he had with judge barrett on our website. Here is a portion talking about issues of balance. President trump did not nominate you to carry on Justice Ginsburgs legacy, he nominated you because he would like to undermine or shift that legacy. He was very clear before you were chosen about his intent to shape justices in the mold of scalia. You mentioned yesterday that replacing Justice Scalia with judge garland would have changed the balance of the court. It is something that you wrote about in 2013. You recognized that these balance shifts
That ok biden wins election the democrats take control of the sand and they increase the Supreme Court to 12. I mean ive seen ive seen those arguments ive seen a number of policy proposals about about what we might do to reform the coordinate get more equitable and ensure that it is truly representative of of the american electorate in terms not of its decisions necessarily or rather of of the composition of who serves on the court but you know i think thats counted thats table stakes down the road right now what matters are the policy issues that are at stake and we talked about the Affordable Care act but thats thats one of many issues on the docket larry youve got to consider your rights and gay and lesbian americans bisexual Transgender Americans who are fearful that a far right court will roll back protections you have Consumer Rights your Voting Rights youve got labor rights youve got the 2nd amendment republicans have already signaled that concern is a signal that they want to b
Protesters in the bell of racine capitol face warning shots and stun grenades as they renew their demands for president lukashenko to step aside its the 12th straight weekend of protests following things disputed election. And in formula one Lewis Hamilton wins again this time in italy to extend his record breaking number of victories to 93. And at the held welcome us President Donald Trump and his democratic rival joe biden are making their final pitches to voters ahead of tuesdays election trump is holding Campaign Rallies in 5 battleground states on sunday including michigan North Carolina georgia and florida biden is focusing his attention on the pivotal state of pennsylvania a record 900. 1000000 early votes have already been cast as the contest heads towards the biggest turnout in at least a century. Joining me now is our chief Political Editor from washington d. C. To minus 48 hours why. Biden and trump visiting these states in particular. Well because there are 2 parts essentia
Mcneil, catherine mosel, thompson diaz, United States court of federal claims. Policycontent modernization act. All those will be held over. Mr. Chairman . Under the rules of this committee can i proceed with the business of the Committee Even with a quorum present, there unless there are two members of the minority present as well. I and the only member of the minority that is here. We cannot conduct business until the second member of the minority arrives. Yes, sir. Thank you for the way you have conducted yourself yesterday. It is clear from reading in the paper what is going to happen is we will be denied the ability to operate as normal. That senator schumer said everything is on the table. We have given this nominee a chance to be questioned. Fairly, firmly. I want to congratulate my democratic colleagues for setting a disposition i think will help us all. I know what awaits us. I will now make a motion to report the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. A motion to vote on the motion
The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. The presiding officer madam president , last week the Judiciary Committee held its hearing on judge Amy Coney Barretts nomination and it was easy to see why judge barrett is held in such high regard by her colleagues, students, and peers and why the American Bar Association gave her its highest rating of well qualified. We knew well before the hearing that judge barrett possesses an extraordinary intelligence and comprehensive command of the law. After three days of testimony americans got to see her qualifications for themselves. They saw why she has been described as a jurist, a formidable intellect, a brilliant and conscientious lawyer and staggering academic mind. Even the democratRanking Member on the committee couldnt hide the fact that she was impressed. Judge barrett understands the proper role of a judge in our system of government. As judge barrett made clear, she understands the job of a judge is to interpret the law, not