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The US Senate approved the appointment of Justice Barrett to the Supreme Court, Trump’s supposed victory before the election.
With 52 votes in favor and 48 against, the United States Senate on October 26 (tomorrow 10/27 Hanoi) approved the candidate Amy Coney Barret nominated by President Donald Trump as a Supreme Court justice. This is a predictable outcome as the Senate is now controlled by the Republican Party.
Susan Collins is the only Republican senator who voted against because she believes that the Supreme Court justice should not be nominated before the presidential election. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski previously opposed Ms. Barrett’s nomination, but ultimately voted in favor.
Judge Barrett at the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 14. Image: AFP.
This is the third time that President Trump has successfully nominated a candidate for the Supreme Court and consolidates a conservative majority in court at a ratio of 6-3. Ms. Barret’s approval was a turning point for Trump and attracted conservative voters with only eight days until the presidential election.
Republican MPs applauded when the results were announced and the White House had a celebration party scheduled as well.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Ms. Barrett last week with 12 positive votes and 0 no votes, although Democrats on the committee boycotted the vote.
Ms. Barrett will be the first judge in modern history to be appointed without bipartisan endorsement. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said most Republicans are “building credibility” by voting near Election Day, even though they themselves blocked former President Barack Obama’s candidate. year 2016.
“This fact of the nomination is part of a decades-long effort to tilt the judiciary to the right,” he said.
However, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell defended Ms. Barrett’s nomination. “There’s no question that they would, too, if this were the case,” McConnell said.
Barrett, 48, a Trump-appointed federal appeals court judge and former professor at Notre Dame Law School, his alma mater, is considered by anti-abortion activists and White House allies. Choose reliable so that the balance on the Supreme Court leans even more toward the conservative faction.
In 2018, Ms. Barrett was on the list considered by Trump to replace retired Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, but the last person chosen was Brett Kavanaugh. The President of the United States officially nominated Ms. Barret on September 27 to replace Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died of cancer at the age of 87.
Barrett avoided answering questions about abortion, presidential power, climate change, voting rights, Obamacare and other topics at this mid-month appointment hearing, which drives Democrats on the Judiciary Committee not satisfied.
The process of appointing a judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. Video: next.
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