The GOP-led committee is scheduled to vote on Barrett’s nomination next Thursday, teeing up an expected Senate floor vote before Election Day.
That vote is scheduled for next Thursday, teeing up an expected Senate floor vote before Election Day on Nov. 3. Senate Republicans are poised to confirm Barrett, filling the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as Democrats don’t have the votes to block her nomination., especially from Democrats, on Tuesday and Wednesday about how she would rule on critical cases.
Democrats have also said that one of the main reasons President Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to ram Barrett's nomination through the Senate ahead of the election is because Trump wants her installed on the bench in case there’s a dispute over the election results that rises to the Supreme Court, as it did in the 2000 Bush v. Gore case.
The committee on Thursday will hear from two panels of legal experts and advocates, who were invited both by Republicans and Democrats to testify on what her confirmation could mean for the high court. The witnesses include representatives of the American Bar Association, a retired appeals court judge and a university professor, among others.
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