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Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings for Amy Coney Barrett Focus on Future of Healthcare, Abortion and Voting Rights

Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings for Amy Coney Barrett Focus on Future of Healthcare, Abortion and Voting Rights

KQED's Forum vor 5 Jahren

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In three days of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee
Amy Coney Barrett, Democratic senators focused on portraying
Barrett as an extreme conservative and Republicans touted her
credentials. Barrett, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
7th Circuit and former law professor, spoke with ease about the
constitution, case precedent and her originalist legal philosophy.
She avoided questions about her legal views on issues that may face
the Supreme Court such as abortion rights, the legality of the
affordable care act and whether she would recuse herself from
deciding conflicts around the 2020 election. We’ll discuss the
confirmation hearings and the Supreme Court’s decision this week
allowing the Trump Administration to stop the 2020 census count
early.