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Within a few weeks, the United States was able to see a senator in the Apollo 13 suit cast his vote. In any case, that cannot be ruled out. He will vote for the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Justice, if necessary in a “moon fight,” Ron Johnson told the public last.
The words of the Republican, who represents the state of Wisconsin in the upper house of the United States Congress and who recently tested positive for the coronavirus, give an idea: for the Republicans in the Senate and the conservative America they represent, the occupation of the position in the Supreme Court it has almost existential importance. The vote for Donald Trump’s candidate, Barrett, is the most important that senators would cast, says Mitch McConnell, majority leader of the presidential party in the House: an opportunity for a “seismic change” that will shape the country for generations.
McConnell will have Barrett join the other two Supreme Court justices before Election Day on November 3. But first he has to go through the confirmation process before the Senate, which begins this Monday with the hearings before the Judicial Committee.
Republicans: Ideology, Election Campaign, Crown
An attorney appointment would solidify the Supreme Court majority in favor of the Conservatives, possibly for decades. Court decisions have a profound impact on politics and the state, on society and on the personal sphere of citizens. This is exactly why Republicans are so hopeful of a Barrett appointment: With the conservative federal judge sitting on the Supreme Court bench, Obamacare could overturn the former president’s health care reform they so hated. The right to abortion would be at stake again. Perhaps freedom of belief would also be interpreted much broader than recently, at the expense of gay and transgender rights. Barrett could, future choices or not, help turn much of social life upside down; that is the firm expectation of the Republicans in the Senate. A court, a promise.
However, it is not just ideological motives that encourage Republicans to whip staff at all costs before the November 3 election. It is also about political continuity itself. Several Republican senators must defend their seats in tough electoral campaigns. For them, the hearings and voting are a means of getting their conservative religious base to the polls. First of all, it is worth mentioning Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who as chair of the judicial committee will play a central role in the confirmation process before the Senate.
Graham, McConnell and their fellow party members will not be deterred in their quest for the grand prize. Not because of their own testimony in 2016 when they invented the principle that Supreme Court justices should not be replaced in the year of a presidential election. Not through polls, according to which the majority of Americans believe that the winner of the election should decide on the successor to the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And not through corona diseases in our own ranks.
Johnson, the man with the astronaut contingency plan, is not the only Republican senator with a positive crown. Two more are on the judicial committee: Mike Lee from Utah and Thom Tillis from North Carolina. They both attended Barrett’s performance as Trump nominees two weeks ago. The celebration in the White House rose garden may be central to the outbreak that recently infected the White House and many of the president’s confidants.
Lee and Tillis are currently isolated. The committee headed by Graham wants to allow its members to participate both personally and virtually. The number of press people will be significantly reduced. Barrett’s family will be among the few present. Hygiene stations with masks, gloves, and disinfectants should be placed in the hallway.
Democrats: What is Kamala Harris doing?
However, Lee and Tillis would have to vote on the spot. Not least for this, Democrats accuse Graham and McConnell of irresponsibility. They request that all members of the committee be evaluated before the hearings. If Graham were to give this up, according to Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, then one would have to wonder “if maybe he just doesn’t want to know the results.”
That leaves the chairman of the committee and his friends in the party indifferent. Even before Barrett was nominated, it was clear that McConnell would have the votes necessary for her confirmation. Republicans are advancing their plans at a rapid pace. Corona diseases among senators won’t change that, and Democrats have no way to stop Barrett’s confirmation.
Therefore, he will concentrate on using the audience for the election campaign. The right to abortion, Obamacare, a possible court decision on the outcome of the presidential election – all the issues that Democrats on the committee will confront the lawyer with.
Many eyes will be on Senator Kamala Harris. Joe Biden’s vice nominee will likely attend hearings remotely. Harris paved the way for his own presidential candidacy, among other things, with an extremely controversial challenge from current Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh two years ago. This time it could be more reserved. Probably not to offend moderate voters, he circumnavigated more controversial issues about the Supreme Court in the television duel against Mike Pence: for example, whether he supports an increase in the judiciary if Biden should move to the White House and the Democrats win the majority in the Senate.
The candidate: a devout Catholic
Harris may have a chilling example: During the Senate trial before Barrett’s appointment as federal judge, Dianne Feinstein, the highest-ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, asked the devout Catholic about her religious beliefs about abortion so harshly. which sent a reference to the Republicans. They portrayed the Democrats as overzealous, narrow-minded, and prejudiced against Catholics.
To what extent the latter will take up the subject this time is one of the most exciting questions of the next few days. A recent New York Times article on the People of Praise, a religious group that Barrett and her husband Jesse belong to, would give them a chance to do so. (Read more about it here.) Consequently, the group ran the federal judge as a “servant.” The mentors were named within the group before the success of the dystopian drama “The Handmaid’s Tale,” based on the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, prompted “People of Praise” to change the term and talk about “leading women.” .
For her part, the candidate must bring out her legal opinions at the hearings. The radio station NPR published the opening statement with which Barrett wants to appear before the senators. The courts are there to enforce the rule of law, but not to solve all social problems, he says. Political decisions are the responsibility of elected representatives.
