The Senate on Monday voted to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, handing President Donald Trump a sorely needed win just eight days before the election and solidifying a conservative majority on the high court for a generation.the Senate even deeper into the bitter partisanship that has defined the institution over the last two decades, prompting vague threats of retribution if Democrats take control of the chamber after the Nov. 3 election.
Barrett will shift the ideological balance of the court to the right, replacing Ginsburg, the liberal icon who died last month from complications due to cancer. Her confirmation caps off Trump’s and McConnell’s dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary over the last four years; Barrett is the 220th Trump-nominated federal judge confirmed by the Senate.
“Today … will go down as one of the darkest days in the 231-year history of the United States Senate,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said. “Let the record show that the American people, their lives and rights and freedoms, will suffer the consequences of this nomination for a generation.” Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted in favor of Barrett despite similar opposition to the process by which Barrett’s nomination was shepherded through the Senate, insisting that those circumstances should not be held against Barrett.
The tensions have led to increased support among Democrats for progressive-backed initiatives including getting rid of the legislative filibuster, which would allow bills to pass with a simple majority vote, as opposed to the requisite 60 votes. Activists have also called on Democrats to “pack” the Supreme Court if they win control of the Senate.
Yahoo Finally, something GOOD happened in 2020!
AU Woohoo! Well done
SHE HAD HER ACCEPTENCE SPEACH IN TONGUES..
Yahoo Such a sad day for america
great
Yahoo Who cares? Report something worthwhile.
Bat shit crazy
Stealing a conservative majority for decades is what it really is. They stole Garland from Obama and they stole Ginsberg’s replacement from Biden. VOTE.
Yahoo staff right now
The White House is a coronavirus hot spot on its own! Lots of irresponsible people! They are super spreaders of coronavirus and they don’t have any shame about it!! Vote for them not to be elected!
Unless we expand the court and not have a hissy fit about it.
A win? Not for the majority of the US.
AU Barrett walked though every door opened by RBG, now Barrett will do everything possible to close those doors to others
Right to bear arms and freedom of speech and more awareness of forced mandatory unwanted injections towards the big pharma bill gates elitist people!
It’s a very sad day in history.
It wasn’t a win.
Please that's not breaking. We knew it would happen. Vote!
Sham
SCOTUS*** * Gorsuch, seat held open for 400 days. Lacked the integrity to insist that Garland get his due. ** Kavanaugh, unqualified and ill-tempered and elevated without proper vetting. *** Coney Barrett, rushed to the bench in the middle of an election breaking precedent.
Never again do I want to hear “GOP is pulling away from Trump”. Never again do I want to hear GOP say “sham process” Never again.
This probably just sealed Donald Trump‘s reelection. Conservatives are going to be encouraged, flying high, giddy and cocky.
Women are fucked..I won’t forget in the polls for years to come. I pray the Republican Party is destroyed in 8 days and many lose their seats.
No character. No ethics. No Christian. senategop
The 🐈 grabber hand pick this broad with the same grubby hands. Thats all anyone needs to know about her morals & ethics.
Not necessarily
Disgusting
Minority rule. This is NOT the will of the people.
EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE ASHAMED! VOTE PEOPLE! VOTE OUT EVERY REPUBLICAN! Prayers for future generations! VoteBidenHarrisToEndThisNightmare VoteOutEveryRepublican
A win..? Only in the eyes of those steadily marching backwards in search of 'good old days' that never really existed.
NOT for a generation. 'Court expansion' is my new favorite phrase.
Sad day for this country, Republican are the worst
Women’s rights are done, same with healthcare. Congratulations to the Stupidest Americans!
Yay! Healthcare for the privileged few!
Suck it, libs!!! This one was for Kavanaugh. 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
How is this a win for trump when a majority of people supported having the winner of this election appoint a nominee?
God Bless America 🇺🇸
Because this was urgent and a stimulus deal to help struggling Americans doesn’t matter. They should all be fired. Please South Carolina women VOTE LINDSEY OUT AND MAKE HIM PAY FOR THIS DISRESPECTFUL TREATMENT OF RBG
Forever tainting the SCOTUS process that is about to change the Country in unmeasurable ways.
Republicans sold their souls to get a conservative majority, but it will be short-lived. The cost of their blatant hypocrisy will be a furious public who will demand an increase to the size of the court. Pyrrhic victory for the right. They have no principles. Anything goes now.
Thats one win Trump and the Republicans will regret.
How is a foregone conclusion a “win”? Did ANYONE get a degree in journalism there?
trash
I wouldn't be so confident judge thomas and alito are getting up there in age
Just another win for our President and the conservative ideas of America!!!!
Look at that! The skys not falling.
SCOTUS has officially become a joke, and not a funny one.
Great back to the 1950’s we go!
Trump is killing USA citizens & the market . You can’t have an economy if you kill all it’s citizens. Trump is saying let’s just all wait until we have a vaccine. That’s too late. And the stock market shows what’s happening. So it’s time to vote Trump & all GOP enabler’s out.
The Senate didn’t confirm. The GOP confirmed.
I guess integrity doesn’t exist in the Senate.
You mean aside from his 3 Nobel nominations and 2 other SCOTUS judges appointed? 😂😂
GodBlessAmerica and GodBlessPresidentTrump
I don't know whether to weep or throw up.
Order being restored.
Time to pack the court! Illegitimate
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