Coney Barrett Senate Hearings Archives

‘This Is An Emergency’: America Left Reeling in Wake of Likely Roe v. Wade Reversal

Late Monday night, shock waves could be felt across the U.S. after a leaked draft opinion signaled the Supreme Court’s majority decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case concerning a 15-week abortion ban out of Mississippi. The leaked opinion, if and when it takes effect at the end of the Supreme Court’s term (likely in June), represents the biggest blow to women’s constitutional rights in the last 50 years.

Reactions from feminists, lawmakers, reproductive rights advocates and legal scholars have been pouring in as America begins to grapple with the gravity of what abortion access will look like in a post-Roe world.

Senate Confirms Barrett to Supreme Court, Eight Days Before Election Day

Roxanne Szal and Sophie Dorf-Kamienny

Senate Democrats Force an All-Nighter to Protest Barrett Nomination

In a 52–48 vote, Senate Republicans voted on Monday night to ram through Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

But Senate Democrats did not let the nomination go through without a fight.

Five Need-to-Know Moments From Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Hearings

Roxanne Szal and Sophie Dorf-Kamienny

After four days of dodged questions by Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett—and barrages of disapproving remarks by Senate Democrats—Congress and the American public seem no more informed on Barrett than they were when Trump rushed her appointment, just a week after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing.

What to Know About the Final Day of Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings

Roxanne Szal

Thursday, the final day of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court hearings, was a day primarily for outside witnesses to make their case for or against the nomination Barrett to the Supreme Court.

Before even hearing from the witnesses, Senate Republicans—the so-called “law and order” party—plowed through the rules of the Senate Judiciary Committee to schedule a committee vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination for Oct. 22.

Top Takeaways: Day 2 of Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings

Roxanne Szal

Judge Amy Coney Barrett spent a large part of the Tuesday’s hearings responding to (and, more often, evading) questions on health care (especially the Affordable Care Act), abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, checks and balances on the executive branch (especially as it pertains to President Trump), race relations and more.

Top Takeaways: Day 3 of Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings

Roxanne Szal

After Tuesday’s long day of senators’ questioning (and Barrett’s evading), the third day of the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings and the final day of Q&A took place on Wednesday with more of the same.

Top Takeaways: Day 1 of Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings

Roxanne Szal

The first four days of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings have begun.

Mere weeks from Election Day, it’s clear Republicans’ main goal is speed, as they continue to push through the confirmation—despite the fact that over 7 million voters have already cast their ballots and despite the blatant hypocrisy after their yearlong blockade in 2016 against President Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland.

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