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With just eight days until election day and despite attempts at parliamentary roadblocks by Democrats, Senate Republicans easily confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday. On ...

A day after Judge Amy Coney Barrett mostly sidestepped questions on her judicial views of politically-charged topics, Barrett returned to the Capitol on Wednesday for another marathon session of ...

With President Trump out of quarantine and the debates resuming (maybe), abortion will return to center stage. Democrats will seek to turn this week’s Senate hearings on Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination ...

Amy Coney Barrett vowed to interpret laws "as they are written" in her opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, Oct. 12. Watch her full opening statement. Chairman Graham, ...

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett presented her conservative approach to the law Monday at the start of fast-tracked confirmation hearings, while Democrats, powerless to stop her, tried to cast ...