What to watch for at Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings – By Melissa Quinn and Grace Segers (CBS News) / Oct 12 2020
Washington — The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to convene Monday for the first day of confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, in what is expected to be a fiercely partisan battle over the future of the high court.
Expected to last four days, Monday’s hearing will feature opening statements from the panel’s 22 members, as well as introductions of Barrett by Indiana Senators Todd Young and Mike Braun, and Patricia O’Hara, the former dean of Notre Dame Law School.
Mr. Trump nominated Barrett, a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court last month. If Barrett, 48, is confirmed, she will be Mr. Trump’s third appointment, and her addition to the nation’s highest court will expand its conservative majority to 6-3.
The Republican-controlled Senate is charging ahead with Barrett’s confirmation at a pace that is uncharacteristic of the upper chamber, as they and Mr. Trump want her confirmed before the general election on November 3. But Democrats are casting Barrett’s nomination as illegitimate, citing the proximity to Election Day.
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