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
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
Bill that is jg jefferson on the left and john painter on the right. They were best friends known as the dynamic duo on campus and we are told that j. J. Married this year and john was his best man in that wedding. Dana in New York City, an offduty nypd officer was shot in an attempted carjacking. Police say it was happening when he was on his way to work. Two men tapped on his car window and when he got out of his vehicle, one shot him several times. Bill police have arrested a suspect a few blocks away. A gun recovered on the scene. Thankfully, that officer is expected to recover. Dana all of this is unfolding as New York City mourns another fallen hero. He is one of two officers shot and killed last month responding to a domestic disturbance in harlem. Not only did he die protecting new yorkers, but he donated five organs saving five lives in the process. Bill an inside look of st. A funeral will begin an hour for an outfit for the second time in five days, there will be a c of neve
Bill that is jg jefferson on the left and john painter on the right. They were best friends known as the dynamic duo on campus and we are told that j. J. Married this year and john was his best man in that wedding. Dana in New York City, an offduty nypd officer was shot in an attempted carjacking. Police say it was happening when he was on his way to work. Two men tapped on his car window and when he got out of his vehicle, one shot him several times. Bill police have arrested a suspect a few blocks away. A gun recovered on the scene. Thankfully, that officer is expected to recover. Dana all of this is unfolding as New York City mourns another fallen hero. He is one of two officers shot and killed last month responding to a domestic disturbance in harlem. Not only did he die protecting new yorkers, but he donated five organs saving five lives in the process. Bill an inside look of st. A funeral will begin an hour for an outfit for the second time in five days, there will be a c of neve
Bill that is jg jefferson on the left and john painter on the right. They were best friends known as the dynamic duo on campus and we are told that j. J. Married this year and john was his best man in that wedding. Dana in New York City, an offduty nypd officer was shot in an attempted carjacking. Police say it was happening when he was on his way to work. Two men tapped on his car window and when he got out of his vehicle, one shot him several times. Bill police have arrested a suspect a few blocks away. A gun recovered on the scene. Thankfully, that officer is expected to recover. Dana all of this is unfolding as New York City mourns another fallen hero. He is one of two officers shot and killed last month responding to a domestic disturbance in harlem. Not only did he die protecting new yorkers, but he donated five organs saving five lives in the process. Bill an inside look of st. A funeral will begin an hour for an outfit for the second time in five days, there will be a c of neve