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While millions of Americans are already casting their votes, the United States Senate wants to install a conservative attorney on the Supreme Court. Court independence has long been a utopia, despite all Barrett’s assurances.
By Torsten Teichmann, ARD Studio Washington
Unable to see US Sen. Kamala Harris. The Senate Judiciary Committee met on the hybrid model. That means there are many senators in the room, others, like Harris, are added. Some had been infected with corona days ago.
Harris, who is running for vice president, criticizes: Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s hearing should never have started so close to the election.
“The Constitution of the United States requires the Senate to review nominations for a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court. Still, the majority of the Senate is pushing the nomination, pushing President Trump’s proposal while the elections are ongoing.”
Democrats: vote for “Obamacare”
The demand is known. But US Democratic senators also turned the first day of the hearing into an Obamacare vote.
In the audience, therefore, images of people who have benefited from medical care can be seen throughout the room. Each Democratic senator had brought at least one example from their constituency.
“They are trying to circumvent the will of the voters”
Democrats accuse Republicans of speeding up Justice Barrett’s appeal for the Supreme Court to finally overturn controversial health insurance by a conservative majority in November.
“Republicans have finally realized that Obamacare is too popular to be abolished in Congress. Now they are trying to circumvent the will of the voters by letting the Supreme Court do the dirty work.”
Harris and his party colleagues are robbing the Republicans of a central argument. Because until now it has been Republican senators, like Joni Ernst, who warned that the highest court would be sacrificed to political interests:
“It frustrates me and my fellow Iowa citizens that the Supreme Court has become a super legislator. Instead of a Congress that just can’t commit to do its job.”
The politicized court
Now who is using the audience politically: President Donald Trump, who has already said that he expects the candidate to make decisions about health care and abortion? Or the Democrats, who in the event of an electoral victory will want to expand the bench to give more weight to the liberal forces?
Judge Barrett barely shows a movement behind her black mask. Until your explanation. You have an idea of what to expect in the Senate in the next few days.
“Political decisions must be made by the political representatives, who are elected and accountable to the people. The public cannot ask the courts to do this, and the courts must not be tempted.”
The vocation is considered safe
His appointment is considered secure, possibly before the election in three weeks. Trump’s Republicans have a majority in the Senate. All that is left for Democrats like Senator Richard Blumenthal is to appeal if the Supreme Court decides the presidential election.
“I am saying frankly that your participation in a decision on the election of Donald Trump would directly damage the legitimacy of the court and your own credibility. You must declare yourself biased.”
How do you want to behave in such a situation? Judge Barrett will have to answer the question multiple times in the Senate in the coming days.
