Technical difficulties hampered the second day of questioning Judge Amy Coney Barrett, interrupting what was supposed to be a smooth session for a Supreme Court nominee whose confirmation is all but assured. Microphones in the hearing room stopped working for about 40 minutes Wednesday afternoon, resulting in a break in the confirmation proceedings while staff … Read more
Judge Amy Coney Barrett told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she knew she’d be putting her family through the ringer by saying yes to President Donald Trump’s plan to nominate her for the Supreme Court. ‘We knew that our lives would be combed over for any negative detail, we knew our faith would be caricatured, … Read more
Amy Coney Barrett embraced her classification as a ‘female Scalia’ on Tuesday as questioning of the Supreme Court nominee commenced on Day 2 of her confirmation hearing – but made sure to distinguish herself from the last Justice. ‘Justice [Antonin] Scalia was obviously a mentor,’ Barrett began of the Supreme Court Justice she clerked for, … Read more