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A boycott by Democrats was ineffective: the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmed Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination for the Constitutional Court. This paves the way for a vote in plenary.
The United States Senate Judiciary Committee approved the controversial appointment of Amy Coney Barrett as a constitutional judge. While opposition Democrats boycotted the vote, President Donald Trump’s Republicans voted unanimously for the Conservative attorney.
Barrett has yet to be confirmed as the new Supreme Court justice by the entire Senate. That should happen next Monday. Because Republicans have a Senate majority of 53 out of 100 senators, Barrett’s confirmation is almost certain. The 48-year-old would go up to the Supreme Court before the November 3 presidential election.
Trump had appointed the devout Catholic in late September as the successor to the late left-liberal constitutional judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. If the lawyer known as an opponent of abortion was confirmed, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court would expand from five to four to six or three justices. Because constitutional judges are appointed for life, the conservative majority in the powerful court would be insured for years.
Democrats boycott the vote
Democrats had repeatedly urged Trump not to fill the vacant position so shortly before the election. They argued that the right to choose judges should be given to the winner of the election.
Therefore, the Democratic senators boycotted the vote in the Justice Committee. Instead, they posted photos of people who could lose their health insurance if Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, canceled health care reform. Democrats warn that the Supreme Court, dealing with “Obamacare” just a week after the presidential election, could reverse the reform.
