Democrats seek swift confirmation to fill Supreme Court seat

  • 📰 CTVNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 40 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 19%
  • Publisher: 99%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

U.S. Justice Breyer to retire; Biden to fill vacancy: AP sources

Barrett was confirmed exactly a month after then-President Donald Trump nominated her to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- and just five weeks after Ginsburg's death in September of that year. Democrats sharply criticized that timeline then, arguing that most confirmations had taken much longer and that Republicans were trying to jam the nomination through in case Trump lost reelection.

The nomination offers the chance at a reset for Biden and the Democratic Senate after Barrett's confirmation left the court with a new 6-3 conservative majority and as they have struggled to pass key planks of Biden's policy agenda. Democrats hope to replace the 83-year-old liberal justice without complication, and some Republicans may be willing to support a Biden nominee.

At the same time, Democrats will be hoping for a handful of Republican votes. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, for example, all voted last year to confirm U.S. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, one of Biden's possible nominees. Barrett was confirmed in 2020, replacing liberal icon Ginsburg and shifting the balance of the court.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Yeah and the qualifications in order of importance are as follow... be black, be a woman, be anything aside from a white man...sounds like discrimination to me...how about the most qualified person

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 1. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, giving Biden opportunity to appoint replacement | CBC NewsLiberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is set to retire, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday. Justice Queen Latifah I'm sure MLK Jr. would have been a big fan of and advocate for such tokenism... /s l didnt know Kamela Harris had a sister .
Source: CBCNews - 🏆 2. / 99 Read more »

Ontario court orders doctors to comply with COVID-19 investigationThree doctors are being ordered to comply with an investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for alleged misconduct including providing illegitimate medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines.
Source: TorontoStar - 🏆 60. / 55 Read more »

B.C. Court rejects WestJet’s appeal of class action certification about baggage feesB.C. Court of Appeal dismisses Westjet’s attempt to overturn class action certification over baggage fees It would seem that to be successful in business today deception is the only focus Pay the money!
Source: globeandmail - 🏆 5. / 92 Read more »

Surrey, B.C., mayor to appear in court over criminal public mischief chargeEmbattled Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum is scheduled to appear in provincial court Tuesday. How embarrassing for the citizens of Surrey! SurreyBC 🙏 Please god let him say/do something stupid and get a contempt charge too 😂 😂
Source: CTVNews - 🏆 1. / 99 Read more »

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire, giving Biden opportunity to appoint replacement | CBC NewsLiberal U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is set to retire, giving President Joe Biden an opening he has pledged to fill by naming the first Black woman to the high court, two sources told The Associated Press Wednesday. Justice Queen Latifah I'm sure MLK Jr. would have been a big fan of and advocate for such tokenism... /s l didnt know Kamela Harris had a sister .
Source: CBCNews - 🏆 2. / 99 Read more »