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In just one month, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, approved his candidate for the Supreme Court.
Conservative attorney Amy Coney Barrett enters the United States Supreme Court.
The Senate in Washington confirmed the candidate for president of the United States, Donald Trump, on Monday night (local time).
The decision was made with the votes of 52 Republican members of the Senate, all 47 Democrats and one Republican voted against.
Upon approval by the United States Senate, Barrett is expected to quickly become a full member of the Supreme Court. He will be sworn in Tuesday by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court announced.
Barret swears independence from politics
At Barrett’s swearing-in ceremony, Trump defended his choice of the Conservative lawyer to succeed the late Liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“The Barrett family has captured the heart of America. It is very fitting that Judge Barrett is taking the place of a true pioneer of women, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ”Trump said with a smiling Barrett at his side on the White House lawn.
Barrett declared her independence from Trump and politics at the swearing-in ceremony while the president endorsed her. “The oath that I solemnly took tonight means, in essence, that I will do the job without fear or favor, regardless of politics and my own preferences,” he said.
After the ceremony, Trump and Barrett greeted the guests from the balcony of the White House.
► With Barrett, the Conservatives on the Supreme Court win the dominant majority of six of the nine seats. That could influence the development of American society for decades.
► Judges are appointed for life and the Supreme Court often has the final say in controversial cases, including abortion rights, health care, and immigration policy.
The judges of the Supreme Court are nominated by the President and appointed by the Senate.
Barrett replaces iconic liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in September. Trump really wanted to fill the vacant position before the November 3 presidential election. He also explicitly referred to possible judicial processes related to vote counting that could end up in the Supreme Court.
Democrats around presidential candidate Joe Biden, however, demanded that only the winner of the election should settle Ginsburg’s successor. In the end, only Senator Susan Collins supported this view on the Republican side.
More recently, Democrats warned that with Barrett on the Supreme Court, President Barack Obama’s health reforms could fall and millions of Americans would lose their health insurance.
The Trump administration is making another attempt to overturn the reform in the Supreme Court, with the first hearing due a week after the presidential election.
Trump only said last week that he expected the court to abolish “Obamacare.” He himself has been advertising his own health plan for years, but has yet to present it.
Debate on the right to abortion
Liberals also fear that with Barrett and Tory dominance in the Supreme Court, the right to abortion and same-sex marriages could also be at risk.
In his hearing, which lasted for several days, Barrett consistently kept a low profile on controversial issues. Among other things, he did not want to say whether, in his opinion, the right to abortion or same-sex marriage is covered by the constitution.
She herself is known as an anti-abortionist, but assured him that personal opinions will not influence her decisions.
Democrats were also outraged that Republicans in the Senate even refused to give an audience to Obama’s candidates for the Supreme Court in early 2016.
They pointed out that in an electoral year, the will of the people had to be known first. Now they are moving away from that position with Barrett.
