Coney barrett. I rise in the midst of a pandemic, in the midst of an election process in which over 50 million americans have already voted, to speak with a simple call that we should wait, we should not be doing this as a body. Now, thats not a radical statement. Its a statement thats been said by pretty much every member on the democratic side. But its also a as i said statement thats made by many people in the Republican Party before we got to this juncture. It was said around the time that Merrick Garland was up for nomination by president barack obama, 269 days before an election, and people said that we were in an election season, that we should wait. But this is not a typical election season. This is an election that is going on where the people are coming out to speak on an array of issues. There is a profound urgency in the air, not a partisan urgency. America has seen record turnout because they know whats at stake in this election. There are issues that are driving people to
A shooting in the austrian capital of vienna the government is calling it a terrorist attack and. Ugandan politician bobby wine is arrested again shortly after he was nominated for next years president ial elections that. Now across the United States verses are going to the polls to decide if donald trump will get a 2nd term or if joe biden will become president this hour polls are opening in a number of states including colorado new mexico and utah theyre already been lines seen at polling stations and other states as forces try to stay safe amid the coronavirus pandemic already nearly 100000000 people had cost their ballots an early voting thats a record high. Well lets introduce our team on the ground for this hour john hendren as monitoring developments from chicago jamal alice also at a polling station wilmington delaware thats bidens home stays and from washington d. C. Weve got alan fischer well get all the latest from them in a moment but fast lets take a look at just how the l
Of a new day if he wins. And also on the program for people are killed as gunmen opened fire in the austrian capital of vienna the government there is calling it a terrorist attack. The non pietists improve the sports news audience on football legend Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital all those doctors says its not too late to cope with all of the details of this news though. Right now across the United States versus are going to the polls to decide if donald trump will get a 2nd president ial term or if joe biden will become president voting has been open for just a few hours now but already long lines have been forming already nearly 100000000 people have cast their ballots an early voting bracing breaking previous records now this hour 13 g. M. T. Polls have also opened and a number of states including iowa kansas and all important texas. Here is our team on the ground for the south gabriel is under as monitoring developments for us from new york kristen salumi is in phila
The presiding officer the senator from missouri. Mr. Hawley madam president , some months ago, in july of this year, i came to this floor shortly after the conclusion of the Supreme Courts most recent term to lament the ongoing judicial activism, the judicial imperialism that we have seen from this court over this past term and from the Supreme Court for years on end. I quoted the late Justice Scalia who said the imperial judiciary lives, and i said on the floor of this senate it was a shame to say but undeniable that the imperial judiciary continued to live in this country, a judiciary intent, a Supreme Court intent on legislating from the bench, on making up laws that went along with no regard for what the people actually wrote in their statutes or in their laws, and i particularly lamented the position of religious conservatives, people of faith who had seen in this past term for the United States Supreme Court decision after decision, tossing aside the concerns of religious conserv
Understanding the role of the judge. Thank you. This isnt just a sterol discussion of some theoretical legal document, this is lifeanddeath. For thousands, if not millions of americans. We believe the Affordable Care act is hanging in the balance on this decision fulfilling this vacancy on the Supreme Court. Sowill drive that issue home our colleagues on the others may want to talk about additional policy, very interesting. But this is mandan. We demand demanding. We demand those who are in these hearings understand the reallife situations of american families. Our republican colleagues are shocked that we think this nomination is all about judicially destroying the Affordable Care act. Here from like laura rhode island. The only problem with their feigned shock is that they are the ones who, thats what they are doing. Its in the Republican Party platform to reverse the obamacare case. Trump has said he is using his nominations to terminate the affordable i think it is pretty fair Affo