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Amy Coney Barrett

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Reproductive Rights

Barrett’s Confirmation Would Empower Catholic Hospitals to Deny Crucial Care

Catholic hospitals have increasingly become the only option for many communities.
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Amy Littlefield,
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October 15, 2020
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Amy Coney Barrett Won’t Say Climate Change Is Real
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Politics & Elections

Amy Coney Barrett Says Climate Change Is a “Very Contentious Matter”

The Supreme Court nominee also did not recall that the First Amendment protects the right to protest.
by
Amy Goodman &
Nermeen Shaikh,
Democracy Now!
October 15, 2020
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies on the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
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Politics & Elections

Does Trump Have Power to Pardon Himself? His Supreme Court Nominee Won’t Say.

Most experts say a president can’t self-pardon, but Trump has previously asserted he has the power to do so.
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Chris Walker,
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October 14, 2020
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Politics & Elections

SCOTUS Must Be Weakened to Safeguard Democracy, Says Legal Scholar

Legal scholar Samuel Moyn says the U.S. was founded on minority rule and SCOTUS has long been a part of that picture.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
October 14, 2020
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Environment & Health

Barrett Sparks Outrage With Claim That She Has No “Firm Views” on Climate Crisis

Critics say Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s ostensibly neutral comment is tantamount to the denial of science.
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
October 14, 2020
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Supreme Court justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett holds up her notepad at the request of Sen. John Cornyn on the second day of her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on October 13, 2020.
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Politics & Elections

Amy Coney Barrett Refuses to Answer If Trump Can Delay the Election or Not

Barrett calls herself an originalist but the Constitution is very clear — only Congress can change the election date.
by
Chris Walker,
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October 13, 2020
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett looks on during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2020.
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Reproductive Rights

Barrett Decried Roe’s “Barbaric Legacy,” But Now Says She Doesn’t Have an Agenda

Recent polling demonstrates that 6 in 10 Americans want abortion rights established and “Roe v. Wade” protected.
by
Chris Walker,
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October 13, 2020
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett puts on her mask at start of recess break in the second day of her Senate Judiciary committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 13, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
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Politics & Elections

Barrett Could Well Be the Decider in a 2020 Replay of “Bush v. Gore”

Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s record of attacks on civil rights, workers’ rights, and more is crystal clear.
by
Barbara Koeppel,
Truthout
October 13, 2020
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Protests at Amy Coney Barrett Hearing Rail Against GOP Power Grab
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Politics & Elections

Protests at Amy Coney Barrett Hearing Rail Against GOP Power Grab

At least 21 were arrested after staging a sit-in to oppose the Senate pushing through Barrett’s nomination.
by
Amy Goodman &
Juan González,
Democracy Now!
October 13, 2020
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Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., on April 23, 2019.
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Politics & Elections

Dark Money for Supreme Court Briefs Tied to Former Federalist Society Leader

Leonard Leo directed millions from big donors to groups in order to get Trump’s judicial nominees confirmed.
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Lisa Graves,
PR Watch
October 13, 2020
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