“But I was impressed by his legal skills, which Joy and Sunny [Hostin] both mentioned. She was calm, cool, collected, unwavering,” Haines said, before noting that when former candidates Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh sat in the Senate for their hearings, “they had tons of books.” The New Orleans-born lawyer, who is a district judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, has been hailed as a brilliant legal mind, but her Catholic views have been criticized by liberals. Other Supreme Court nominees, including Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, had notes at their hearings. Kavanaugh used a file and several legal notebooks during its review by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Gorsuch was photographed noting notes on a legal block. The conservative judge was pushed to her legal opinions on the second day of her confirmation hearings and recalled one verdict after another from her and other courts when Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas asked her after a few hours how she had prepared. “It`s impressive,” Cornyn said, before moving on to his other question. However, Behar criticized “when she brandished this blank notebook to show that she had no notes,” suggesting, “It was symbolic of the empty answers she gave.” The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September launched the race to confirm Trump`s election to the Supreme Court ahead of the election, a dizzying speed in modern times. While Republicans defend the process on the grounds that it is the job of the president and the Senate to complete the process, Democrats argue that they are breaking a precedent they have set.
What Amy Coney Barrett`s notebook should really say. #SCOTUShearing pic.twitter.com/pgJuKmDBHb * Democratic Senator Raises Court Case * Judge Amy Coney Barrett: pic.twitter.com/rk6qJ1lYhR “I was impressed with that,” she said of the candidate`s lack of grades. “You know that most of us have several notebooks, notes, books and things like that in front of us. Can you maintain what you were referring to when answering our questions? Cornyn asked. The Democrats are trying to turn the situation of the Senate in 2020: these are the seats to win on Election Day. There`s a huge photo of Mikey Williams, his family in Amy Coney Barrett`s confirmation hearing. What legislators should remember. Barrett, 48, was appointed last month to fill the seat of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Senate Republican Communications Center tweeted this photo of Whitehouse next to an infamous scene from “It`s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”: Another moment that went viral at Tuesday`s confirmation hearing was Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., uses his time to make a presentation about concerns he has about the influence of “black money” or funds.
collected by organizations that are not required to disclose donors, which led to Barrett`s appointment to court. “I saw exactly what I thought I was seeing,” Haines said, noting that she “strongly” disagreed with President Donald Trump`s nomination of Barrett so close to the election and also disagreed with Barrett`s general legal philosophies. Transgender writer and lawyer Charlotte Clymer tweeted: “Amy Coney Barrett wants to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and I should be impressed that she didn`t bring notes to the hearing? It`s not impressive. This is worrying. The Kentucky Republican Party tweeted a meme in which Barrett held the notepad covered in “#FILLTHESEAT,” saying they “couldn`t believe what she was writing!” More:Martha McSally`s attack sheds light on Gabrielle Gifford shooting, Mark Kelly`s plea for gun safety The time has come when senators on both sides have questioned their legal ideology. Democratic senators asked for their views on the landmark Roe v. Wade in the abortion court, including issues such as health care and elections. What ACB REALLY did with their notebook. pic.twitter.com/BzkJXPZF0q “Something is wrong on the ground.
And black money has a lot to do with it. Special interests have a lot to do with it,” he said, describing “programs” in which donors selected judges, funded influence campaigns in support of judges, and then funded campaigns to “tell judges what to do” in cases important to their agenda. “Senator Whitehouse brought the receipts,” Tweeted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Another user who used the Twitter handle Gilleyish had Barrett`s block stating that Senator Ted Cruz was the zodiac killer, a reference to a joke that had been lit up on the internet years earlier. Cruz was born after the last known murder of the serial killer, so it is impossible for the two to become one. But Cruz interfered in the joke in 2017, responding to a tweet from Senator Ben Sasse with an encrypted letter the killer had already sent. Conservatives applauded Barrett, calling her “SO smart,” but the moment also spawned a wave of memes on both sides of the political aisle. “Can you maintain what you were referring to by answering our questions?” he asked.
For America, a right-wing digital activist organization, posted on Twitter a fake conversation between a Democratic senator and Barrett. They edited the block of paper with the inscription “I know the cases you raise better than you do,” in response to a senator who pointed out a court case during their questioning. When Barrett quoted various judges, cases and laws, when she talked about her career and how she would decide on the second day of her confirmation hearings at the Supreme Court, she did everything from memory. Opinion: Trump didn`t `save` Christianity and Christians shouldn`t save his presidency “It seems to be very smart,” Joy Behar said. I`m impressed with her, you know, with the breadth of her knowledge as a lawyer and she seems to be very kind. Trump campaign senior legal counsel Jenna Ellis posted Barrett`s photo holding the blank notes, writing, “Justice Barrett`s political agenda”: “The Jewish Democratic Council of America tweeted, `This shouldn`t be a difficult question, especially if you`ve read the Constitution` and `Maybe Amy Coney Barrett should use a few notes.` Sierra Club, an environmental organization, repeated this feeling through a notepad meme. They posted on Twitter that their notebook should really say, “Delay this until the inauguration.” “Is there anything about that?” asked Cornyn, holding an empty white notepad with blue letters at the top. I accept TheWrap`s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and agree to receive marketing communications from them.
BARRETT GRILLED ON ACA, ROE V, WADE: The co-moderators respond to the second day of Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. t.co/tKXpG6AHkM pic.twitter.com/ooUJaNHaum At a confirmation hearing, Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas, asked Barrett what documents she had prepared to answer questions posed by the 22 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. WASHINGTON D.C. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett ignited social media Tuesday when it was revealed that all of her answers came from memory; The notepad in front of her was empty. Sara Haines, co-host of Behar`s “The View,” disagreed, calling the SCOTUS candidate`s lack of notes “impressive” Protesters donned the costumes during Judge Brett Kavanaugh`s controversial confirmation process, repeating the move tuesday. A protest that took place on the second day of Barrett`s confirmation hearing in the Supreme Court saw protesters chant “Let the people decide” in reference to pressure for the winner of the next election to be named. The ladies of “The View” had very different views wednesday as they discussed Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett and her viral announcement of the blank notepad she had at her confirmation hearing Tuesday. “The Republican Party platform tells us to look at how they want judges to decide to reverse Roe, reverse the Obamacare cases, reverse Obergefell, and eliminate same-sex marriage.
This is their stated goal and plan,” he said as he flipped through various billboards. “Why don`t you take them at their word?” One particularly meme-friendly moment that emerged from Tuesday`s Supreme Court confirmation hearing was when Senator John Cornyn asked Judge Amy Coney Barrett to share her notes with the room. Cornyn, a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Barrett that during the hearing, senators had several notebooks, notes and books to refer to. He then asked her if she could keep the preparatory documents she had used to answer the committee`s questions, after which she showed them an empty notepad that saved the Senate letterhead as a senator. John Cornyn, R-Texas, began questioning Barrett, asking him to hold the notebook sitting in front of her, and noting that most senators had several books and notebooks to refer to. In 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Judge Merrick Garland to fill the seat, which became vacant with the death of Judge Antonin Scalia. Republicans responded, saying that in an election year, it was inappropriate to confirm a Supreme Court justice and that it was up to the next president to decide. Barrett, a mother of seven, has criticized the Affordable Care Act in the past and is personally for life.
She also published opinions regarding Democratic lawmakers who believe Barrett could topple the ACA in a post-election SCOTUS case.