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26 Oct 2020, 5:34 pm by Howard Bashman
Senate Confirms Barrett, Delivering for Trump and Reshaping the Court; The vote capped a brazen feat for Republicans, who pushed through a Supreme Court nominee in little more than five weeks with the election looming”: Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times has this report. [read post]
26 Oct 2020, 4:34 pm by Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, with Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come. [read post]
26 Oct 2020, 6:39 am by James Romoser
Fifty-one votes are needed in the Senate to confirm Barrett, and Republicans, who hold a slim majority in the chamber, are expected to confirm her with no Democratic support. [read post]
Senate Republicans voted Sunday to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. [read post]
25 Oct 2020, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat and Daniel B. Edelman
Whatever the Republicans do, sending forward the votes of a slate of Biden-Harris electors will keep the issue of who is the rightful winner of the presidency before Congress and the American people.And, if Democrats gain control of the Senate and retain their House majority in the November election, they will be in the position to thwart Republican efforts to reelect Trump by certifying electors prematurely. [read post]
25 Oct 2020, 5:46 pm by INFORRM
The move prompted accusations of censorship and pro-Biden bias from Republican lawmakers and 12 Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have voted to compel the two chief executives to testify about their handling of the matter. [read post]
25 Oct 2020, 10:40 am by Ryan J. Farrick
With Republicans holding a firm majority in the Senate, Barrett’s bid to advance is expected to succeed. [read post]
25 Oct 2020, 7:49 am by Tom Smith
Oregon hasn’t elected a Republican governor since 1982 or sent a GOP senator to Washington since 2002. [read post]
25 Oct 2020, 4:58 am by SHG
Assuming, arguendo, as we did around the dinner table last night, that Trump will lose the election, and potentially lose the Senate for the Republicans as well, will that offer the opportunity for people who don’t suffer TDS (which goes either way, whether as “delusion” or “devotion”) to release the hatred that has turned them toward viciousness and consider that people who don’t share their religion might be decent human beings? [read post]
24 Oct 2020, 4:08 pm by Howard Bashman
” Burgess Everett of Politico reports that “Murkowski to back Barrett, despite opposing election-year SCOTUS vote; Senate Republicans plan to confirm the Supreme Court nominee on Monday, over furious Democratic opposition. [read post]
24 Oct 2020, 2:01 pm by Amy Howe
And with the Senate set to vote on Monday night on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, there could be nine justices to consider, and eventually vote on, the Republicans’ request. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 2:28 pm by Edward Foley
The name of the case at least had the virtue of candor: Republican National Committee v. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 9:25 am by Derek T. Muller
As President Donald Trump has nominated a number of judges over his four years in office, and as Senator Mitch McConnell has led efforts in the Senate to ensure that those judges are confirmed, judicial vacancies have fallen significantly. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 3:01 am by Scott R. Anderson
In 2020, this weighting strongly favors the Republican Party. 26 state delegations in the House are currently controlled by Republicans, though Democrats make up a majority of members in the chamber. [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 2:00 am by Christopher Tyner
  Republicans on the committee voted unanimously to approve Barrett’s nomination while Democrats boycotted the vote. [read post]
22 Oct 2020, 9:05 pm by Sabrina Minhas
The senators alleged, for example, that the CDC’s testing recommendations for asymptomatic patients were written by U.S. [read post]