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...Four years later, McConnell railroaded the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett just days before the 2020 presidential election....
...Four years later, in 2020, he helped rush through Trump’s nomination of conservative Amy Coney Barrett to the nation’s highest court, weeks before election day....
...The death of liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the final months of Donald Trump’s presidency, which allowed him to appoint conservative Amy Coney Barrett, remains fresh in Democrats’ minds....
...“Each time there is a discernible shift in the balance of power on the court, that tends to be followed by several years of more controversial decisions,” said Michael McConnell, professor at Stanford Law...
...That does give him ammunition when he says this is all political,” Charlie Cook, the veteran US political commentator of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, wrote on Thursday....
...Biskupic also highlights the crucial role played by Mitch McConnell....
...The Politico report said Alito was joined by at least four other conservative justices in siding with Mississippi — Clarence Thomas, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch....
...A cursory reading of the leading conservative Supreme Court justices, notably Amy Coney Barrett, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, shows a religiously-inspired revulsion against modernity....
...She broke with her party, however, in opposing Amy Coney Barrett’s speedy confirmation....
...“Terrorists will not stop fighting the United States just because our politicians grow tired of fighting them,” said Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican....
...Amy Klobuchar, the Democratic senator from Minnesota, likened the impending “drama” to a “mini-series”, but insisted Democrats could get through their checklist in the coming weeks....
...The Senate could have tried harder to ram through former president Barack Obama’s selection to replace Scalia, Merrick Garland, who was blocked by Republican Mitch McConnell....
...McConnell’s latest comments sparked outrage among progressives....
...This happened in the final months of Donald Trump’s presidency, when the long-serving liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg was replaced by the conservative Amy Coney Barrett....
...Speaking on the Senate floor on the eve of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation last month, Mitch McConnell struck a contemplative tone....
...Calls to expand the nation’s highest court grew louder last year after Donald Trump nominated conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to the bench following the death of liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg....
...Once Mr Trump was in office, Mr McConnell, with very limited Democratic support, shepherded through Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and, last month, Amy Coney Barrett on to the highest court....
...Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate majority leader, who joined yesterday’s negotiations, said he was determined to deliver a deal before members of Congress leave Washington for the holidays....
...Three out of nine of the sitting US Supreme Court justices, including Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, were picked by Trump....
...How will Americans remember the confirmation hearings of Amy Coney Barrett?...
...Senate Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, have a 53-47 majority in the chamber and only two Republicans have voiced any dissent about installing Mr Trump’s nominee before the election....
...He tweeted that he had spoken with Mr Trump and said the president was “very excited about Judge Amy Coney Barrett being confirmed to the Supreme Court”....
...Four years ago, Mr McConnell refused to consider Merrick Garland, Barack Obama’s pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia....
...“Former president Trump’s actions preceding the riot were a disgraceful dereliction of duty,” McConnell said after the vote....
...Amy Klobuchar, the Democratic senator from Minnesota, wrote on Twitter after the vote: “Federal Reserve nominee Shelton just went down. That was a good result for the country. Especially in a pandemic....
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