Today nomination hearing. This is the tenth nomination hearing the committee has held this year. I want to take a minute to thank Ranking Member and her staff for working diligently. With my staff. And this senator to process these nominees. Filling judicial vacancies, and executive appointments is an important part of committee responsibility. And i know that all members of the committee take this responsibility seriously. Today, well hear from two panels. First well hear from the nominees to the Circuit Court. Noter dame law professor. And Michigan Supreme Court justice. Our second panel will hear from eric. To be head of the Civil Rights Division. And the department of justice will also hear from two nominees to the District Court judges in tennessee. I understand that theres some concern with having two Circuit Court nominees on a hearing agenda. So i thought id explain this. Because its unusual. When the majority leader extended the Senate Schedule in to august. We scheduled a nom
We appreciate everybody being here. I turned it on. Especially welcome the nominees and their families. Today nomination hearing. This is the tenth nomination hearing the committee has held this year. I want to take a minute to thank Ranking Member and her staff for working diligently. With my staff. And this senator to process these nominees. Filling judicial vacancies, and executive appointments is an important part of committee responsibility. And i know that all members of the committee take this responsibility seriously. Today, well hear from two panels. First well hear from the nominees to the Circuit Court. Noter dame law professor. And Michigan Supreme Court justice. Our second panel will hear from eric. To be head of the Civil Rights Division. And the department of justice will also hear from two nominees to the District Court judges in tennessee. I understand that theres some concern with having two Circuit Court nominees on a hearing agenda. So i thought id explain this. Bec
Confirmation vote of joan larson to the 6th Circuit Court and debate on a 10th court nomination. Live coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal and ever blessed god, thank you for waking us to see the light of this new day. Lord, on this all saints day, we remember the unseen cloud of witnesses that surround us. We are grateful for all the saints who from their labors rest, but whose works follow. Them. We thank you for the many lawmakers in our history whose integrity, creativity, and diligence have helped to keep us free. Lord, we praise you for all of your gifts, the glimpses of beauty, the echoes of truth, and the kindness of friends. Thank you for all those who lived and died for freedom. Grant us in our day and generation to live to honor our noble heritage. And lord, please remember the those affected by the violence in new york. Bring a speedy
perhaps getting the most attention. a former notre dame law professor, she s the mother of seven children, one with special needs and two adopted from haiti. many conservatives have embraced here, but some democrats have raised concerns the judge s catholic faith plays an outsized role in her view of the law. when you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you. reporter: tom, as you saw, both judge larsen and judge coney barrett once said they would respect the supreme court precedent of roe versus wade, and the big question now is, would they be willing to overturn that precedent if they are confirmed to the high court? that s the big question. nit affirmativetmen the trump admistration encouraging coeges andn the adms process? reporter: right.
we re excited about who he s going to pick. reporter: abc news has learned the president has spoken to eight candidates, at least one of whom was not on his original list of 25. they are really incredible people in so many different ways. academically, in every other way. reporter: several candidates have come for white house interviews, including judge brett kavanaugh, who sits on the court of appeals d.c. circuit. he s a former clerk of retiring justice anthony kennedy. there are two women on the presidential short list judge amy coney barrett of indiana, and judge joan larsen of michigan, both former clerks of the late conservative icon justice antonin scalia. they re also both trump appointees to the court of appeals, recently confirmed by congress. at their joint confirmation hearing, abortion took center stage. i would be bound by the precedence of the supreme court. i agree with justice larsen. reporter: judge coney barrett