With election in view, Democrats focus on health care in Supreme Court fight

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Democratic lawmakers warned if the U.S. Senate approves Amy Coney Barrett she could cast a decisive vote to strike down the Obamacare health law

In a White House Rose Garden ceremony on Saturday, Trump announced Barrett, 48, as his selection to replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18 at age 87. Barrett said she would be a justice in the mold of her mentor, the late staunch conservative Antonin Scalia. Her confirmation would result in a 6-3 conservative majority on the court.

Durbin is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that will hold hearings on the nomination starting Oct. 12. U.S. President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, and she pledged to become a justice in the mold of the late staunch conservative Antonin Scalia - another milestone in Trump's rightward shift of the top U.S. judicial body. Colette Luke has the latest.Biden will deliver a speech on Trump’s nomination of Barrett in his home state of Delaware on Sunday afternoon.

Trump failed in attempts to repeal Obamacare when Republicans controlled the Senate and House of Representatives, and Republicans have yet to say what they would replace the law with. Trump last week signed two executive orders on health care.Trump urged Republicans, who hold a 53-47 Senate majority, to confirm Barrett, a federal appeals court judge and a favourite of religious conservatives, before the election.

 

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She is great human being. Amy Coney Barrett has a beautiful family. 7 children. 2 adopted from Haiti and 1 with Down Syndrome. ❤🇨🇦🇺🇸

Smart way to deal with it.

That's because they can't attack her character . She blew their playbook to pieces . That's all the Democrats have .

We must bring our own racist country to light.

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