20201012: Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearing For SCOTUS

A post a day keeps the F-I away, right?

Well, we all hope so, anyway.

Okay, so, today begins the revetting of the vetting of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

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Today, we turn the page on that woman’s life and look to another to give a more life affirming perspective to the American way.

On Sunday, the opening statement Mrs. Barrett will read was published at Fox News.

Monday, October 12, 2020

Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Members of the Committee: I am honored and humbled to appear before you as a nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

I thank the President for entrusting me with this profound responsibility, as well as for the graciousness that he and the First Lady have shown my family throughout this process.

I thank Senator Young for introducing me, as he did at my hearing to serve on the Seventh Circuit. I thank Senator Braun for his generous support. And I am especially grateful to former Dean Patty O’Hara of Notre Dame Law School. She hired me as a professor nearly 20 years ago and has been a mentor, colleague, and friend ever since.

I thank the Members of this Committee—and your other colleagues in the Senate—who have taken the time to meet with me since my nomination. It has been a privilege to meet you.

As I said when I was nominated to serve as a Justice, I am used to being in a group of nine—my family. Nothing is more important to me, and I am so proud to have them behind me.

My husband Jesse and I have been married for 21 years. He has been a selfless and wonderful partner at every step along the way. I once asked my sister, “Why do people say marriage is hard? I think it’s easy.” She said, “Maybe you should ask Jesse if he agrees.” I decided not to take her advice. I know that I am far luckier in love than I deserve. 

Jesse and I are parents to seven wonderful children. Emma is a sophomore in college who just might follow her parents into a career in the law. Vivian came to us from Haiti. When she arrived, she was so weak that we were told she might never walk or talk normally. She now deadlifts as much as the male athletes at our gym, and I assure you that she has no trouble talking. Tess is 16, and while she shares her parents’ love for the liberal arts, she also has a math gene that seems to have skipped her parents’ generation. John Peter joined us shortly after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and Jesse, who brought him home, still describes the shock on JP’s face when he got off the plane in wintertime Chicago. Once that shock wore off, JP assumed the happy-go-lucky attitude that is still his signature trait. Liam is smart, strong, and kind, and to our delight, he still loves watching movies with Mom and Dad. Ten-year-old Juliet is already pursuing her goal of becoming an author by writing multiple essays and short stories, including one she recently submitted for publication. And our youngest—Benjamin, who has Down Syndrome—is the unanimous favorite of the family.

My own siblings are here, some in the hearing room and some nearby. Carrie, Megan, Eileen, Amanda, Vivian, and Michael are my oldest and dearest friends. We’ve seen each other through both the happy and hard parts of life, and I am so grateful that they are with me now.

My parents, Mike and Linda Coney, are watching from their New Orleans home. My father was a lawyer and my mother was a teacher, which explains how I ended up as a law professor. More important, my parents modeled for me and my six siblings a life of service, principle, faith, and love. I remember preparing for a grade-school spelling bee against a boy in my class. To boost my confidence, Dad sang, “Anything boys can do, girls can do better.” At least as I remember it, I spelled my way to victory.

I received similar encouragement from the devoted teachers at St. Mary’s Dominican, my all-girls high school in New Orleans. When I went to college, it never occurred to me that anyone would consider girls to be less capable than boys.

My freshman year, I took a literature class filled with upperclassmen English majors. When I did my first presentation—on Breakfast at Tiffany’s—I feared I had failed. But my professor filled me with confidence, became a mentor, and—when I graduated with a degree in English—gave me Truman Capote’s collected works.

Although I considered graduate studies in English, I decided my passion for words was better suited to deciphering statutes than novels. I was fortunate to have wonderful legal mentors—in particular, the judges for whom I clerked. The legendary Judge Laurence Silberman of the D.C. Circuit gave me my first job in the law and continues to teach me today. He was by my side during my Seventh Circuit hearing and investiture, and he is cheering me on from his living room now. I also clerked for Justice Scalia, and like many law students, I felt like I knew the justice before I ever met him, because I had read so many of his colorful, accessible opinions. More than the style of his writing, though, it was the content of Justice Scalia’s reasoning that shaped me. His judicial philosophy was straightforward: A judge must apply the law as written, not as the judge wishes it were. Sometimes that approach meant reaching results that he did not like. But as he put it in one of his best known opinions, that is what it means to say we have a government of laws, not of men.

Justice Scalia taught me more than just law. He was devoted to his family, resolute in his beliefs, and fearless of criticism. And as I embarked on my own legal career, I resolved to maintain that same perspective. There is a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all-consuming, while losing sight of everything else. But that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life. I worked hard as a lawyer and a professor; I owed that to my clients, my students, and myself. But I never let the law define my identity or crowd out the rest of my life. A similar principle applies to the role of courts. Courts have a vital responsibility to enforce the rule of law, which is critical to a free society. But courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life. The policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made by the political branches elected by and accountable to the People. The public should not expect courts to do so, and courts should not try.

That is the approach I have strived to follow as a judge on the Seventh Circuit.

In every case, I have carefully considered the arguments presented by the parties, discussed the issues with my colleagues on the court, and done my utmost to reach the result required by the law, whatever my own preferences might be. I try to remain mindful that, while my court decides thousands of cases a year, each case is the most important one to the parties involved. After all, cases are not like statutes, which are often named for their authors. Cases are named for the parties who stand to gain or lose in the real world, often through their liberty or livelihood.

When I write an opinion resolving a case, I read every word from the perspective of the losing party. I ask myself how would I view the decision if one of my children was the party I was ruling against: Even though I would not like the result, would I understand that the decision was fairly reasoned and grounded in the law? That is the standard I set for myself in every case, and it is the standard I will follow as long as I am a judge on any court.

When the President offered this nomination, I was deeply honored. But it was not a position I had sought out, and I thought carefully before accepting. The confirmation process—and the work of serving on the Court if I am confirmed—requires sacrifices, particularly from my family. I chose to accept the nomination because I believe deeply in the rule of law and the place of the Supreme Court in our Nation. I believe Americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets our Constitution and laws as they are written. And I believe I can serve my country by playing that role.

I come before this Committee with humility about the responsibility I have been asked to undertake, and with appreciation for those who came before me. I was nine years old when Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman to sit in this seat. She was a model of grace and dignity throughout her distinguished tenure on the Court. When I was 21 years old and just beginning my career, Ruth Bader Ginsburg sat in this seat. She told the Committee, “What has become of me could only happen in America.” I have been nominated to fill Justice Ginsburg’s seat, but no one will ever take her place. I will be forever grateful for the path she marked and the life she led.

If confirmed, it would be the honor of a lifetime to serve alongside the Chief Justice and seven Associate Justices. I admire them all and would consider each a valued colleague. And I might bring a few new perspectives to the bench. As the President noted when he announced my nomination, I would be the first mother of school-age children to serve on the Court. I would be the first Justice to join the Court from the Seventh Circuit in 45 years. And I would be the only sitting Justice who didn’t attend law school at Harvard or Yale. I am confident that Notre Dame will hold its own, and maybe I could even teach them a thing or two about football.

As a final note, Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the many Americans from all walks of life who have reached out with messages of support over the course of my nomination. I believe in the power of prayer, and it has been uplifting to hear that so many people are praying for me. I look forward to answering the Committee’s questions over the coming days. And if I am fortunate enough to be confirmed, I pledge to faithfully and impartially discharge my duties to the American people as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Thank you.

And now on to the show…and to find out well-behaved the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee will be. (If they want to be re-elected, it would be a good idea to treat this lady with respect.)

Here is what happened on Day 1 (you may want to fast forward through the Democrats).

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GA/FL

9:00AM EDT – Judge Amy Coney Barrett SCOTUS Confirmation Hearings Begin
LIVE STREAM LINKS:
RSBN –

CSPAN – https://www.c-span.org/video/?476315-1/supreme-court-nominee-amy-coney-barrett-confirmation-hearing-day-1
FOX NEWS – https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxNewsChannel
FOX BUSINESS – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCXoCcu9Rp7NPbTzIvogpZg
FOX NEWS NOW – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJg9wBPyKMNA5sRDnvzmkdg
NO CABLE LIVESTREAM – https://watchnewslive.tv/fox-news-live-stream-usa/
OANN – will likely carry the rally – access via subscription or cable

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Dora

Brave and free

Thanks DP, going to be another week of shall I say. “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly ”
Who’s going to fill the roles?

Deplorable Patriot

bakocarl

And, yes, we will and we already are . . . from the DemonRats’ opening statements.

Deplorable Patriot

GA/FL

THE DEMON-RATS have come armed – with easels and posters.

bakocarl

Didn’t you really mean “armed with weasels and boasters”?

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

They’re not “armed” with weasels and boasters.
They ARE weasels and boasters.

GA/FL

GRAHAM is being Graham at his best! Very nice opening!!!

wheatietoo

Leahy is such a crusty old asshoe.
He’s going on and on, about Pre-existing Conditions…when PDJT has repeatedly said that any replacement for ZeroCare would cover Pre-existing Conditions!

bakocarl

And the picture of the woman in the wheelchair . . . Oh, the humanity!

bakocarl

It would be very refreshing to see some DemonRats in their opening statements take the position that the law takes precedence over a person’s agenda.
I’m not holding my breath.

bakocarl

And now Sen Durbin . . . just another Dick.

ddanna16

Lol!

rayzorbak

I call that asshoe…… Dis Turbin

Dora

Poor Amy has to sit through all of this bull!

wheatietoo

I hate seeing them in those masks.
Years from now…people will look back on this time and laugh at this madness!
Those masks do not protect us from viruses.
This little graphic illustrates how laughable it is, for all these people to be wearing masks:comment image

bakocarl

One good thing about the masks is that we don’t have to endure the TV camera flitting from D’Rat to D’Rat while they make smirks, silent laughs, and other ridiculous facial expressions.

elize

Exactly. For me, listening to these vile politicians is bad enough. Not having to look at their drama-fest facial expressions is a true blessing!

bakocarl

Opening statements . . . yet another opportunity for DemonRats to promulgate their lies without rebuttal.

elize

Indeed. I told my husband at least with Barrett wearing a mask she can smile to herself at their asinine behavior. She is far better a woman than I; I would be laughing at these idiots as they spoke.

GA/FL

I’m MUTING THE DEMON-RAT CR-P! It’s got me cussing, calling names, fuming!!!
They are spewing all manner of accusations against President Trump!!

GA/FL

I’m going to take a good hot shower while my scalloped ham-potato-onion-cheese casserole bakes.

wheatietoo

Mmm…sounds yummy!
😀👍🤤

GA/FL

Comfort food.

Cuppa Covfefe

You’re supposed to bring enough for all of us 😀

GA/FL

I claim the Recipe Exemption™© – if I furnish the recipe – you have to make your own. Besides, it’s not done yet.

Cuppa Covfefe

Well, cook faster 😀
(just kidding – everything worthwhile takes time)…

GA/FL

I made a side dish of baby peas, sliced carrots and celery to go with it.
Here ya go:
http://momvstheboys.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/ham-and-potato-casserole-pm.jpg
Hope you like it – bon apetit!

Cuppa Covfefe

YUM!!! 😀

geneticallycatholic

Furnish the recipe, please? I think it’s appropriate on this thread…ACB is a wife and mom first, then a lawyer…

GA/FL

Look a few inches below – It’s not a recipe with exact measurements – just a description.

geneticallycatholic

Thanks! Looks like it is a forgiving recipe…which is what I need….

GA/FL

There are lots of potato casseroles online. 🙂

geneticallycatholic

I know. I might be having four ravenous pro-life young men for supper next week…need to find recipes to feed them…

Aubergine

Ummm, recipe? Please?!

Deplorable Patriot

Exactly.

GA/FL

I don’t have a recipe. Just sliced the potatoes (red, scrubbed good with skins left on) chopped a sweet onion and some green tops, mixed milk, flour, cheese, salt pepper in the blender. Mixed the vegetables, added a couple of slices of chopped ham, more grated cheese, put into big rectangular casserole, poured the milk mixture, covered loosely and put into 350º oven. May uncover and top with more cheese or just leave plain and dot with butter. There may be recipes out there where you cook the white sauce first to thicken or you could toss the vegetables with a little flour. Some recipes call for yogurt or sour cream. There are as many variations as there are cooks.

Aubergine

Thanks! Might be dinner tonight!

geneticallycatholic

I’m going to look up a recipe for that on the internet….perhaps we can have a recipe collection on the side bar of our favourite recipes? Just a thought as my mouth waters….it’s Canada’s Thanksgiving weekend!

bakocarl

Well, Sen SpiteLouse is sure living up to the DemonRat standard of producing ridiculous opening statements.

kalbokalbs

Thus far it seams the D-Rats want emotion to be a Justice leading quality.
As opposed to follow The Constitution, which ought to be primary, along with qualifications.
D-Rats as usual can’t argue on merit, so they attack with emotion. The latter easily swatted down.
.
.
Two days of these hearings?

wheatietoo

I thought it was just one day…is it two?

bakocarl

Three, I think. Statements today. 30 minute Q&A periods tomorrow and 20 minute Q&A periods on Wed.

wheatietoo

Thanks, Carl.
Ugh…I was hoping it was just one day of this crapola, then on to a vote.
😔😒

🦋🤸‍♀️🦋bflyjesusgrl🦋🤸‍♀️🦋

4!!😕☹😬
Monday, Oct 12, 2020
9:00 AM – SH-216 Judiciary
Hearings to examine the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020
9:00 AM – SH-216 Judiciary
Hearings to examine the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020
9:00 AM – SH-216 Judiciary
Hearings to examine the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Thursday, Oct 15, 2020
9:00 AM – SH-216 Judiciary
Hearings to examine the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

wheatietoo

Thanks, Butterfly!
Ugh…four days.
😔😕

wheatietoo

Ted Cruz…bringing the Facts!
👏😊
WTG, Ted!

bakocarl

I have a distinct benefit in having to read the closed captioning of this hearing . . . I don’t have to listen to the petulant and insulting intonations of the DemonRat’s lies. That benefit is not to be underestimated!

wheatietoo

Klobuchar…bleeack!
Klobuchar is asshoe! Lies, lies and more lies!
😕🥵😡

bakocarl

Speaking of stacking . . . this committee is stacked with DemonRat asshoes. Didn’t they even make allowance for one rational D’Rat committee member? If there exists in the world such a thing as a rational D’Rat.

elize

If one exists, I haven’t seen one in a very long time.

TheseTruths

Klobuchar…I can’t loathe Dems any more than I do.

Cuppa Covfefe

In German, “Klo” is slang for toilet. Somehow that witch’s name has the rhythm of Kloburste, which is toilet-cleaning brush.
Kind of fits…

Concerned Virginian

Je vous salue!
Your comment MADE MY DAY.

rayzorbak

Hey SINator Slow butcher……. Put a COMB in it!

patfrederick

great nickname!

rayzorbak

I’m learning from the Best…… TRUMP!

rayzorbak

Wow….. Sasse is making sense?

TheseTruths

Sasse teaching the difference between civics and politics. “This committee is not in the business of deciding which religious beliefs are good,” bad, and weird.

TheseTruths

Sasse calling out judicial activisim. 👍🏼

Deplorable Patriot

Oh, man, Anita Hill and Two Door Ford has already been tried.

Deplorable Patriot

rayzorbak

Dumb Mass COONS……. Back to the ACA
He didn’t hear a word about :Civics” from Sasse.

TheseTruths

It’s starting to be a pattern — scare tactics about OCare, deifying RBG, and scaring about religion and abortion, which they call “a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions.” They don’t have much else.

rayzorbak

aka…… Bullschitt!

Deplorable Patriot

This is irony personified.
https://twitter.com/TimRunsHisMouth/status/1315654611399831552..
RINT Flag of United States Retweeted
Tim Young
@TimRunsHisMouth
Democrats can’t find someone to accuse Amy Coney Barrett of rape in the 80s… so they’re going to show pictures of children that they claim will die if she gets appointed. Face with rolling eyes
10:04 AM · Oct 12, 2020

Cuppa Covfefe

Maybe the DEMONicRATS should think about the faces of the children that will never be born, or will be killed at or after birth were a feminazi libtard justice in the vein of Ginsburg nominated…
All they can do is whine, lie, and posture. They have neither logic nor facts in their repertoire…

rayzorbak

WE (Qtreepers) were correct AGAIN
Should have just gone straight to a vote….
Bypass the shitshow portion.

Deplorable Patriot

rayzorbak

Which Republican is going to state the fact that the DIMS are trying to STEAL the election.
There is a VERY good chance that there WILL be lawsuits about the outcome.
Therefore…. we MUST fill this seat.
ACA is NOT what we are about.

GA/FL

I hope PRESIDENT TRUMP will address the Democrats’ UNaffordable Care Act propaganda going on in this hearing – and reiterate HIS BETTER Health Plan tonight at the Rally!!!!

phoenixrising37

He tweeted out at Noon today, Wheatie posted… asking for OUR HELP…

Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
Republicans must state loudly and clearly that WE are going to provide much better Healthcare at a much lower cost. Get the word out! Will always protect pre-existing conditions!!!
11:55 AM · Oct 12, 2020

🦋🤸‍♀️🦋bflyjesusgrl🦋🤸‍♀️🦋

Pleasantly surprised by Mike Lee.
Meanwhile, even though he provided a Dr. note, the Demons are melting down over his presence. DELICIOUS!😜

https://twitter.com/TheSharpEdge1/status/1315660227174232065?s=20

rayzorbak

DP…. I’m sure that you are as PROUD of Josh Hawley as I am 🙂

Deplorable Patriot

While he was state AG I thought he was an annoying pip squeak. His place seems to be in the Senate.

rayzorbak

Stolen Valor Blumenthal has PARKINSONS?
Look at the shaky hands.

TheseTruths

Essential tremor also causes shaking but isn’t Parkinson’s.

prognosticatasaurusrex

Must have been all that Agent Orange he was exposed to in Vietnam..oh wait…LOL

rayzorbak

lol…
No… It’s the “Agent Orange” that he is NOW exposed to. 🙂

prognosticatasaurusrex

LOL

rayzorbak

Does this incessant ACA debate not belong in a HEALTHCARE debate instead of a JUDICIAL “fitness” hearing?

GA/FL

YES!!!!

TheseTruths

I thought these hearings were supposed to be about a judge’s fitness to serve on SCOTUS, not about particular political views. These Dems are despicable. I’m already sick of “healthcare.” I’ve never seen a hearing like this.

rayzorbak

At least it is not a 2 door ford shitshow….. yet.

prognosticatasaurusrex

It has NOTHING to do with law, it is ALWAYS about POLITICS, the EXACT thing that is NOT supposed to be in the judiciary…unless you are a dem. Then it is ok and “feelings” too.

kalbokalbs

Danag Dick appears incredibly nervous, where he out to be comfortable. Or he has Palsey.

rayzorbak

Bloomin’ Phuc!
YOU…. must resign for your STOLEN VALOR Vietnam LIES!

Cuppa Covfefe

Durbin’s Post-Naval Drip…

bakocarl

Danang Dick is concerned that the American people are losing confidence in the court . . . and he and other DemonRats will do everything in their power to bolster the belief that the public is losing confidence. D’Rats will also do everything they can to start and stoke any fire that supports that notion.

Deplorable Patriot

[giggles]
https://twitter.com/TweetWordz/status/1315674116188499968..
ToRE
@TweetWordz
I want to know what kind of person looks at @SenBlumenthal
and says “Yup he’s going to be my voice in the senate”. Seriously- Who votes for people like that?
11:22 AM · Oct 12, 202

Cuppa Covfefe

Someone like this? 😀 :mrgreen:comment image

prognosticatasaurusrex

MY EYES MY EYS…disclaimer next time….

phoenixrising37

Posted Fri, October 9th, 2020 3:31 pm
Empirical SCOTUS: A comprehensive look at Judge Amy Coney Barrett
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, now a Supreme Court nominee, has followed a well-worn path of nominees before her. President Donald Trump nominated her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit on Nov. 2, 2017. He then nominated her to the Supreme Court, just under three years later, on Sept. 26, 2020. Chief Justice John Roberts, nominated by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, similarly served less than three years as an appeals court judge before Bush nominated him to the Supreme Court.
While it may come as no surprise to see Barrett as the current nominee, her work during her limited time on the 7th Circuit is worthy of study, and this article undertakes to do so with a complete sample of the decisions in which Barrett was involved. Barrett participated in approximately 622 cases on the 7th Cicuit that produced written opinions or orders across a slew of issue areas. Barrett herself authored around 100 majority, concurring and dissenting opinions. (Case counts are based on distinct opinions. The counts in this article and dataset differ from those on the 7th Circuit’s website, as those are based on docket numbers and thus provide duplicate opinions when one opinion resolved multiple docket entries.)
Con’t reading
https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/10/empirical-scotus-a-comprehensive-look-at-judge-amy-coney-barrett/

Deplorable Patriot

We’re getting storm headwinds here, so I may disappear. Hopefully not, though.

wheatietoo

We had a clear air cool front come through out here about 7 hours ago.
Slammin winds…but no moisture.
😟 We need the rain.comment image

Deplorable Patriot

So do we. It might be the same front. The head winds were pretty strong.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

It blew like crazy yesterday evening here, probably the same thing you got.

phoenixrising37

Friday round-up
By James Romoser on Oct 9, 2020 at 10:54 am
The Supreme Court issued two noteworthy shadow-docket orders on Thursday — one involving mail-ballots in Montana and another involving access to a prescription drug used to induce early-term abortions. In the Montana case, Justice Elena Kagan rejected a request from Republicans to block county officials from sending mail-ballots to all registered voters. In the abortion case, the court — over dissent from Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas — declined to act for now on the Trump administration’s request to reinstate in-person dispensing requirements for the abortion pill during the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the justices have another census case on their emergency docket, this one asking whether the federal government can end field operations several weeks early.
Continue reading https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/10/friday-round-up-543/#more-296805

phoenixrising37

They need to call for a vote asap

rayzorbak

Chrissy Wall Ass (Faux Snooze)…….
Is a TRAITOR.
I hope some BOOM has his name on it.

prognosticatasaurusrex

Do the words Little St Johns mean anything….

rayzorbak

Eppy’s Island

prognosticatasaurusrex

BINGO!

wheatietoo

rayzorbak

Would be nice to have an outline of said Healthcare plan.
Just sayin’

rayzorbak

Jonathan Turly on the other hand…….. Is a Patriot

phoenixrising37

Jack Posobiec Retweeted
Garrett Ventry@GarrettVentry
·
2h
Dems attack on the November ACA case is deceptive, which no court observer actually thinks will be struck down. The upcoming case is about severability, and not the tax issue about the coverage mandate.
Quote Tweet
Josh Holmes@HolmesJosh
· 2h
Dems are going to pretend this is a finance hearing on Obamacare.

phoenixrising37

don’t forget Crazy Nancy gave Maxine waters the finance committee chair…
Maxine proceeded to show us all what a mistake that was…
just as the DIMs are today proving they know nothing about the law, or the bills lobbyists write that they sign off on… and almost all of them are lawyers… (go figure)
these people don’t even understand the questions they are asking, much less her answers…
This Too Shall Pass

prognosticatasaurusrex

Because much like the laws, the questions are written for them. There only jov is to read them “dramatically” and show faux outrage.
Yes, in other words these people are MORON
S, and were it not for their graft, connections, and positions of power, most of them would fit nicely into the fast food or cleaning industries..and that is about IT. And that is in NO way a slight to the hardworking people in those industries. IT is meant that the dems are ONLY qualified for the most basic starter jobs, and NOT the lofty positions and responsibilities they hold.

GA/FL

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WATCHING THE HEARING.

rayzorbak

Oh NO!
It’s now:
Her Oh NO!

🦋🤸‍♀️🦋bflyjesusgrl🦋🤸‍♀️🦋

It’s called FF til she disappears from the screen. Presto, BP and sanity preserved!🌞🌞🌞

Dora

Schumer says Democrats won’t give GOP quorum to advance Barrett nomination
Schumer called the Barrett confirmation effort ‘illegitimate, dangerous and unpopular’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-says-democrats-wont-give-gop-quorum-at-oct-22-meeting-to-advance-barrett-nomination

GA/FL

I figured they will pull that trick. What can be done about it?

kea

Ugh just vote

bakocarl

Committee approval is not required to advance to the Senate floor. In fact, the Senate Leader could advance Judge Barrett over committee disapproval. IIRC.

phoenixrising37

You’re totally correct Carl…
It has happened before… my long term memory is slipping away, but Schumer can go pound sand.
btw, just for info… Biden voted against Clarence Thomas in the Senate Judiciary Committee, …

Concerned Virginian

HEY, THE TURTLE —
JUST HOLD THE VOTE.
You’ve done what you thought was “the right thing” by holding these FARCE HEARINGS.
You probably had a “heads-up” that Schumer would pull this cr@p.
TELL MISS LINDSEY THAT THE FARCE IS OVER.
Otherwise, you AND Miss Lindsey are COMPLICIT in the derailing of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation!

kea

Those two I worry about

prognosticatasaurusrex

One SLIGHT problem, there Chuckie, they CAN and WILL pass a “new rule” Eliminating the need for Quorum using dems…thanks for playing, LOOSERS. We can run roughshod too over Robert’s rules…douche

rayzorbak

Is “Mazie” (Her Oh NO)…. Corn Pops sister?

rayzorbak

I can hear him now…….. “Crazy Mazie”
Bwahahahahaha

Teagan

Something she obviously is very proud about…doesn’t appear to bother her in the slightest.

duchess01

You forgot Di-Fi-CHI and her ‘Dogma Damning’ – evil comes forth from her mouth!!!

ozzytrumpster

Tough field to beat there

rayzorbak

Now for Corney Booger!

Dora

rayzorbak

I’m ready to hear from Senator Kennedy…..
Cryin Corney Booger is FOS.

rayzorbak

Someone point out to these IDIOTS:
ACA was passed in the DEAD OF NIGHT …….
WITHOUT…. One Republican Vote!
Talk about Ramming something through?

prognosticatasaurusrex

The DAY before Christmas too.

Gail Combs

Same as the Federal Reserve Act.
The [UN]Safe Food modernization Act was passed in a lame duck session.

bakocarl

I’ve been watching Judge Barrett during these opening statements and, until now, I haven’t seen any expression. Now, I see her lowering her head and furrows appear between her eyebrows as Booker the Crooker is talking. I’d bet she’s thinking “What the hell is this guy talking about”?

bakocarl

Or maybe the oxygen deficit from her mask is getting to her.

prognosticatasaurusrex

Only because Booker the GAS BAG and the rest of the dems are sucking up all the oxygen in the room with their brain cell killing spiel.

Teagan

Did you see Mark Meadows finally walking g away in disgust when reporters demanded he first distance himself (more than 10’) and then complained when he removed his mask. Good for him!! It’s time they learn THEY don’t call the shots.

prognosticatasaurusrex

Remember folks, ACB ALREAADT had and RECOVERED from Covid. She NEEDS no mask, she can NIETHER spread it or GET it now.

prognosticatasaurusrex

ALREADY…dang keyboard.

🦋🤸‍♀️🦋bflyjesusgrl🦋🤸‍♀️🦋

Oh Goodie, Camel-Uh has a bad connection!😈

GA/FL

I’m muting Kamala. I can’t stand her voice, her sneering disrespect of our President, of ACB and her ideology.

TheseTruths

Kamala, Shlamala.

Teagan

What was her excuse for the remote appearance when she was right there in the building?

TheseTruths

I’m guessing she was setting herself apart and trying to appear presidential. Epic fail.

patfrederick

perhaps it’s planned…so there won’t be audio clips of her stupidity to HAUNT her on the campaign trail…LOL

Cuppa Covfefe

Maybe she’s kneeling on her telephone/LAN cable, shorting it out…
She has a faulty connection with truth, and reality….

prognosticatasaurusrex

Must be the teleprompter she is OBVIOUSLY reading from interfering with the signal.

geneticallycatholic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leyujm79jlE
Christian women gi to DC to support ACB

geneticallycatholic

go not gi

Gingersmom2009

Oh my, the pic doesn’t match the caption. 🙄

geneticallycatholic

???? I watched the video? The caption on the video seems correct….could you clarify?

Gingersmom2009

I’m just talking about the screen shot with the lady and all the makeup. 😄

geneticallycatholic

The makeup does seem over the top, I agree…but the whole video is lovely…and I have been in contact with Danielle Zuccaro of Lifesite News who is on the video… on some other matters. She does good work!

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patfrederick

sounds like democrats to me

rayzorbak

You would be CORRECT!

Teagan

Priceless! LOL

Teagan

Best tweet of the day!

prognosticatasaurusrex

Don’t forget they have Spartacus too.

🦋🤸‍♀️🦋bflyjesusgrl🦋🤸‍♀️🦋

Kennedy is a gem!

Concerned Virginian

PLEASE, somebody with the graphics skills make the DEMCOMS on the committee into the creatures in the Cantina Scene!

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

PRE-LMAO!!!

prognosticatasaurusrex

LMAO…Kennedy is like my Uncle with his witticisms

Deplorable Patriot

I can’t imagine just sitting there for hours without a craft project to at least keep the hands occupied. I mean, I just finished a hat while I was listening.

patfrederick

well she’s probably cleaning her oven, so there’s that…every mom can multi task

prognosticatasaurusrex

I am AMAZED she can remain awake when the dems are talking…most put me straight to sleep. I TRULY feel for her family there to support her, listening top the dems spew for hours. Now ACB has to explain all that BS to them.

phoenixrising37

The Library
Its actually pretty interesting seeing Democrats try to tell 85% of Americans who were hurt by the ACA they cant have a new qualified Supreme Court Justice b/c….. she might overturn ACA that hurt 85% of all Americans.
And tell them this three weeks before an election.
Its also interesting the woman who persecuted black men as a prosecutor is painting ACB as anti woman and anti lgbt.
Kamala Harris is a disaster for the Left.
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The Library
One more thing: when my company sent every one home to work due to China Virus, we sent a lot of people who were technology averse & technically illiterate- people who needed a LOT of help, home to work remotely for the first time EVER.
People who were not tech savvy in any way. They absolutely knocked virtual meetings out of the park.
Compare that to a Vice Presidential candidate whos a former attorney general of a large state & a lawyer- who literally, with help from staffers, is too incompetent to do what my users do on a daily basis.
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phoenixrising37

The Library
….And Kamala Harris cant figure out how to work a remote connection. Feedback, audio & video problems. And this woman thinks she can run America.
You cant make this up.
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patfrederick

let’s face it, if the voters wanted Harris…she’d be the presidential nominee…not the sidekick

prognosticatasaurusrex

She was NOT even worthy of that. she got EXACTLY as many dem delegates as I did. ZERO.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

And depending on how you look at it, you’re either worth more than zero dem delegates…or getting any number of them would be an insult worth challenging the giver to a duel.

phoenixrising37

Good point!

prognosticatasaurusrex

Because her teleprompter was on the same circuit as the monitor, interference…harmonics. Things dems would know NOTHING about.

bakocarl

Ms. Lindsey should have required all the senators to be sworn in to tell the truth. Hah!

phoenixrising37

He’s right… y’all are probably not gonna like what he has to say…
Robert Barnes@Barnes_Law
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That was the problem w/ this naive narrative of the GOP: Dems were not going to repeat religion-based attacks (w/ so many other target-rich areas of Barrett’s jurisprudence & writings), but GOP was so naive that their only prepared speeches is on a Dem attack that didn’t happen.
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Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur
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Joni Ernst is up, focusing her speech heavily on religion, saying Amy Coney Barrett’s opponents keep “attacking your faith and your precious family… attacking you as a mom and a woman of faith.” (Only Republicans have brought up her Catholicism at this hearing.)

phoenixrising37

Robert Barnes@Barnes_Law
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#Barrett nomination created this story arc.
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Paul Sperry@paulsperry_
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BREAKING: In an astonishing claim, Biden on tarmac this morning told reporters Americans might lose their health care next month — “This is about whether or not in less than one month Americans are gonna lose their health insurance”

prognosticatasaurusrex

Usually like Barnes, but pssst, Robert, they are NOT voting on the Rep Senators, they are voting on BARRETT. EVER hear of a PREEMPTIVE strike..geez. After Kavanaugh, it is NICE to see the Republicans being PROACTIVE for once instead of PASSIVE…like..well…YOU Robert.

Dora

phoenixrising37

She needs a teleprompter for every utterance she makes…
dumb as a rock!

prognosticatasaurusrex

P H O N Y just like Obama, just like Clinton, and JUST like Biden. NOTHING about them is “likeable” or REAL. Ordinary people cannot RELATE to them or vice versa. Yet the RICH guy, Trump is way more likeable and relatable, and it SHOWS.

SteveInCO · Thermonuclear MAGA

I know plenty of sharp people who cannot speak publicly.
She’s not one of them. And not because she can speak well publicly (figuring out what I mean by that is left as an exercise for the student).

phoenixrising37

Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley
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Thank you Dean Patricia O’Hara for finally mentioning that George Washington gave Judge Barrett her first teaching job as a visiting associate professor and John M. Olin Fellow in Law. She has been an extraordinary academic and many of us are proud that she started teaching at GW

phoenixrising37

The Library
Joni Ernst is killing it in this hearing.
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The Library
I cannot possibly be more excited to vote to re-elect her.
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GA/FL

PRESIDENT TRUMP and REPUBLICANS need to push the FACT that the Affordable Care Act was a failure – it was NOT AFFORDABLE and did not help many people – rather hurt them.

holley101

It destroyed the best heathcare system in the world.

prognosticatasaurusrex

Just bring up TWO lines..uttered by BOTH Obama and Biden.
If you LIKE your doctor, you can keep them. LIE
If you LIKE your plan you can keep it. :LIE
Then if needed recite the WOPPER that “every” American would “save” $2500.00 More like LOSE 3 times that. BUT the insurance companies made BANK.

BlackKnightRides

PROBLEM: Schumer withholds a Quorum to DELAY Barrett Confirmation Vote.
SOLUTION: ADJOURN the SENATE
… After President Trump immediately submits Nominations for ALL remaining Judicial & Administration Openings
… Enabling EVERY pending Judge & Official becomes an INSTANT RECESS APPOINTMENT!
… Then bring in EVERY ChiComVirus-infected Senator for the Quorum Vote & Barrett CONFIRMATION!
https://trendingpolitics.com/chuck-schumer-plans-to-stonewall-barrett-confirmation-using-sneaky-procedural-trick/?utm_source=economics

prognosticatasaurusrex

ONE better…FIRE Christopher Wray, and recess appoint Richard Grinnell as acting FBI director…SPLODY HEADS. RECESS then Chuckie.

BlackKnightRides

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Wolf Moon | Threat to Demonocracy

YOU NEED THIS DISTRACTION!!!

rayzorbak

Thought:
Should Heels up Harris not recuse herself from these “Hearings” because she is running for the VP slot THIS election? She has a vested interest, no?

prognosticatasaurusrex

AH, we have one that can SEE> LOL EXACTLY the point Rayzorbak. Dems NEVER recuse, they EXPECT Republicans to. Too bad LOOSERS. Elections have CONSEQUENCES…said by some phony baloney former usurper.

rayzorbak

As you know…..
That “Boneheaded phony baloney former usurper” (And Lying TRAITOR)……
Is/Was Obungler

prognosticatasaurusrex

YEP!

phoenixrising37

Margot Cleveland Retweeted
Lyndsey Fifield@lyndseyfifield
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I’d heard the story of the special needs student ACB helped at Notre Dame—this is the first time I’d actually heard her tell the story in her own words.
Powerful.
This video DESTROYS the narrative that #ACB is some Disney Villain come to usher in the Handmaid’s Tale.