Trump Supreme Court nominee Barrett's confirmation hearings begin Monday under COVID cloud
Judge Amy Coney Barrett will tell the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday that serving on the U.S. Supreme Court"was not a position I had sought out, and I thought carefully before accepting," according to a copy of her opening statement obtained by NBC News.
Barrett will say that she chose to accept the nomination because she believes"Americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our Constitution and laws as they are written." Story continuesLee also interacted with Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., after the Rose Garden event. Graham said he tested negative for the virus last week, but he refused demands from Democratic Senate challenger Jaime Harrison to take another test before their debate in South Carolina on Friday.
Barrett, who serves on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, has been on the bench since 2017, after she was nominated for the job by Trump. Prior to that, the Louisiana native worked briefly in private practice and taught for 15 years at Notre Dame law school, where she earned her law degree.
Only three Democrats voted in favor of her nomination in 2017, and none are expected to do so now. They've accused the Republicans of being hypocrites for rushing through the nomination in the final weeks of the election after GOP senators refused to even consider then-President Barack Obama's nominee Merrick Garland in early 2016 because, they argued, it was an election year.
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