Trump is STILL ‘disappointed’ with Mike Pence and criticizes Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett

‘You would have a different president right now’: Trump says he is STILL ‘disappointed’ with Mike Pence for certifying Biden’s win and criticizes Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett for voting to uphold Obamacare Donald Trump blamed Mike Pence on Monday for the 2020 election loss He also railed against two of his three … Read more

‘Baptism by fire’ for newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett

Amy Coney Barrett is 48, a mother of seven and a brilliant legal mind – and now she is the most divisive Supreme Court Justice in at least a generation and perhaps far longer. She brings to the Supreme Court a short judicial career, a longer academic one and the hopes of a conservative legal … Read more

Amy Coney Barrett is CONFIRMED to the Supreme Court by Senate

Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court Monday evening by the Senate in a 52-48 vote – with Republican Susan Collins crossing the aisle to vote against her. Donald Trump’s third nominee was not in the chamber to watch the roll call vote, which allows her to join the eight justices on Tuesday … Read more

Internet pokes fun at unflappable Amy Coney Barrett’s blank piece of paper with memes

Amy Coney Barrett’s decision to hold up a blank notebook to prove she wasn’t using notes during Tuesday’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing turned into quite the viral sensation on social media, inspiring a host of amusing memes from both sides of the political aisle. President Trump’s nominee displayed the pad at the behest of Senator … Read more

Amy Coney Barrett first full day of questions on her SCOTUS nomination and praises Justice Scalia 

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

War over Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination begins as Democrats go all in on attacking her

Senate Democrats used the first hours Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings to torch the GOP’s decision to ‘rush’ through the process amid a pandemic just week’s before the election – and described driven by an effort to take down Obamacare.  With President Trump’s nominee seated at a live Judiciary Committee hearing wearing a … Read more

Amy Coney Barrett arrives for Supreme Court confirmation hearing

Amy Coney Barrett arrived at the Capitol on Monday morning for the start of what’s bound to be a contentious confirmation hearing. The Supreme Court nominee will deliver an opening statement Monday afternoon following opening remarks from each of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham started off the morning with … Read more

Amy Coney Barrett will praise late mentor Justice Antonin Scalia in remarks at confirmation hearing

Amy Coney Barrett (pictured) will praise her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and tell senators that courts ‘should not try’ to make policy in her opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday  Amy Coney Barrett will praise her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and tell senators courts ‘should not try’ to … Read more

Was White House unveiling of SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett the superspreader event?

A flurry of positive coronavirus test results that emerged Friday including the president’s share a common nexus: the celebratory White House event where Donald Trump rolled out his nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The September 26 gathering – which was filled with peans to textualism and conservative jurisprudence, as well as … Read more

Donald Trump says Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett is a pure constitutionalist

Donald Trump said Sunday he chose to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court because he wanted a constitutional textualist to fill the spot left vacant by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. ‘Mostly, I’m looking for somebody that can interpret the Constitution as written,’ Trump told ‘Fox & Friends’ co-host Pete Hegseth during an interview that … Read more