Your phone calls, texts, and social media comments on Day One of the Barrett Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and Kaiser Health News' Julie Rovner discusses the future of health care and legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act.
Following a lunch break, the Senate Judiciary Committee resumed questioning of Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Committee members from both parties engaged with the nominee on a number on legal topics including continued litigation against the Affordable Care Act.
Following a short break, the Senate Judiciary Committee resumed questioning of Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Committee members from both parties engaged with the nominee on a number on legal topics including continued litigation against the Affordable Care Act, marraige equality, and abortion rights.
Senate Judiciary Committee members began questioning Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett on various legal topics including judicial activism, abortion rights, gun regulations and religious liberty. Each of the senators received 30 minutes to ask the nominee questions. After more than three hours, the committee took a lunch break.
Following a lunch break, the Senate Judiciary Committee resumed questioning of Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Committee members from both parties engaged with the nominee on a number on legal topics including continued litigation against the Affordable Care Act.
Following a short break, the Senate Judiciary Committee resumed questioning of Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Committee members from both parties engaged with the nominee on a number on legal topics including continued litigation against the Affordable Care Act, marraige equality, and abortion rights.
Following a dinner break, the Senate Judiciary Committee resumed the questioning of Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett to end the day. Committee members from both parties engaged with the nominee on a number on legal topics including continued litigation against the Affordable Care Act, DACA, and unlawful search and seizure.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spoke to reporters following the conclusion of the second day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. "I've been very impressed with her," he said of the nominee, telling reporters he believed she would be voted out of committee on October 22. When asked, the chairman said he was not sure how the confirmation process would be perceived by voters in the general election, but that he felt confident in his own reelection campaign in South Carolina.
Senate Judiciary Committee members Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) spoke to reporters following the conclusion of the second day of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The Democratic senators said the nominee was evading their questions on the Affordable Care Act, abortion rights and gun control. The senators said they feared Republicans wanted to confirm her quickly so she could rule on an upcoming Supreme Court case involving the Affordable Care Act. They said Republicans might gain in the short-term but that the American people were on their side when it came to health care issues. Sen. Durbin also said there had not yet been any caucus decisions made on whether Democrats would participate in the Judiciary Committee or Senate floor vote on the nominee.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein questioned Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett on the second day of her confirmation hearing.
