Liberals say Barrett's legal views are too heavily influenced by her religious beliefs and fear her ascent to the nation's highest court could lead to a scaling back of hard-fought abortion rights. Amy Coney Barrett (Matt Cashore/Notre Dame University)īarrett, a devout Catholic, is hailed by religious conservatives and others on the right as an ideological heir to conservative icon Antonin Scalia, the late Supreme Court justice for whom she clerked. In defending their decision to move forward with Barrett's confirmation, McConnell and top Republicans argue that unlike in 2016, the same party - the GOP - now controls the White House and the Senate. Trump has been urging Republicans to take up his nominee's confirmation swiftly, and McConnell has vowed she will receive a vote on the Senate floor. A pioneer for women's rights, Ginsburg was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 and served as the anchor of the court's liberal wing.īut Mr. Trump's selection of Barrett, 48, would occur just over a week after Ginsburg's death at the age of 87 from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. With her ascension to the Supreme Court, Barrett would further solidify its conservative majority, widening it to 6-3 and diluting the power of Chief Justice John Roberts as a swing vote. Circuit Court of Appeals, would be President Trump's third Supreme Court appointee, following Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, and just the fifth woman to serve on the high court. If confirmed, Barrett, who serves on the 7th U.S. RELATED: What we know about Amy Coney Barrett's judicial abortion record But liberals are concerned she's too influenced by her Catholic beliefs and could try seek to scale back abortion rights.
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Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, has said "it should be humiliating" for Republicans to consider filling the Supreme Court vacancy before the election, after blocking President Obama's pick in 2016, ostensibly saying it should be up to the next president, even though that vacancy came much longer before the presidential election.Ĭonservatives see Barrett as a reliable voice on legal issues like abortion and gun control. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee - have said they support moving forward with a nominee before the November election. But Democrats would need at least two other Republicans to oppose Trump's nominee to block confirmation, and other Republicans seen as key votes - including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine – have said they're opposed to moving forward with confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee before the election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that he will move forward on filling Ginsburg's seat, contrary to 2016, when he refused to hold confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama's high court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, arguing at the time that in an election year it should be up to the next president to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Barrett met with the president at the White House on Monday.īarrett currently sits on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. She has been a leading candidate and was a finalist to be Mr. In addition to the millions watching the events via live television coverage on FYI and HISTORY, over 500,000 people are in attendance at all four auctions, looking to witness auction action at its best, capture the car of their dreams, mingle with celebrities, experience adrenaline-pumping thrill rides in the latest vehicles from America’s top automakers or shop in the vast Exhibitor Marketplace.While it's possible President Trump might change his mind, sources said at this point Barrett is expected to be announced as his nominee on Saturday at 4 p.m. Barrett-Jackson produces The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona Palm Beach, Florida Las Vegas, Nevada and Houston, Texas. Widely regarded as a barometer of the collector car industry, the auctions have evolved over the years into world-class automotive lifestyle events where thousands of the world’s most sought-after, unique and valuable automobiles cross the block in front of a global audience ‒ in person and on live national and international television. 1 Attraction for Car Lovers in the 2019 USA Today Readers’ Choice Contest.
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