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Barrett’s swearing-in ceremony took place at the White House after it was approved by the Senate.
The United States Senate approved the appointment of Justice Amy Connie Barrett to the United States Supreme Court, a political victory for President Donald Trump about a week before the presidential election.
52 members, all of them Republicans, supported the appointment of the 48-year-old judge, while 48 members voted against the appointment.
With the appointment of Barrett, who has been described as a devout Catholic, to the highest judicial body in the United States, conservative Supreme Court justices have a 6-3 majority for liberals.
Susan Collins, a senator waging a tough re-election campaign in Maine, was the only Republican party to vote against Trump’s nominee.
Barrett will join the Supreme Court, succeeding Liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month.
Democrats have lobbied in recent weeks to delay the selection of Roth’s successor until the outcome of the November 3 presidential election is decided.
Until hours before the vote, the Democratic leader of the Senate, Chuck Schumer, assured that his party “will not stop fighting.” In return, Mitch McConnell, the Republican majority leader in the House, supported the decision to go ahead with the vote to confirm the appointment of Trump’s candidate to the top judicial office.
During Barrett’s swearing-in ceremony at the White House, Trump described the approval of his appointment as “a historic day for America.”
