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Thursday, October 22, 2020
The decision has yet to be finalized, but Amy Coney Barrett has overcome a major hurdle: The US Senate Judiciary Committee votes in favor of her appointment as the new Supreme Court Justice. 100 MP now have the last word.
The Senate Judiciary Committee paved the way for a final vote on Amy Coney Barrett as a candidate for the nation’s Supreme Court. The twelve Republican members of the committee voted to recommend President Donald Trump’s candidate. The ten Democrats on the committee stayed away from the vote. They are protesting Barrett’s nomination shortly before the November 3 presidential election.
Instead, Democrats posted photos on their couches of Americans whose health care depends on President Barack Obama’s health care reform. They warn that if Barrett is named, the Supreme Court will overturn the health care reform.
Democrats released photos of Americans whose health care depends on Obamacare.
(Photo: REUTERS)
The final Senate vote on Barrett is now expected next Monday. In the Senate, Republicans have a majority of 53 out of 100 seats. So far, two Republican senators have spoken out against a vote shortly before the November 3 presidential election.
The judges of the Supreme Court are nominated by the President and appointed by the Senate. According to Trump, Barrett will replace iconic liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in September. The 48-year-old Catholic is highly regarded in the conservative Christian camp, one of Trump’s top voters. With Barrett’s appointment, the Conservatives would increase their majority to six of nine seats on the Supreme Court.
Democrats surrounding presidential candidate Joe Biden demand that only the winner of the election should decide on Ginsburg’s successor. The Supreme Court often has the final say in controversial cases, including abortion rights, health care, and immigration policies. In doing so, it repeatedly sets the course for American society.
