The U.S. parliament Senate confirmed the Federal Court of Appeal judge Amy Coney Barrett Monday night by 52 votes to 48, shortly after Barrett was sworn in at the White House.
The Republican senator from Maine, Susan Collins (Susan Collins), joined all Democrats in the Senate and voted against Barrett confirmation. Ms. Collins said she didn't vote because she was about to elect a president next week.
According to the Associated Press, for at least 150 years, no Supreme Court judge has been confirmed during a recorded vote without the support of any minority party member.
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That night, Clarence Thomas (Clarence Thomas), the Supreme Court judge, took the oath of office at a White House ceremony Barrett sworn in.
Democrats argue that the choice of the supreme court judge should be made by the winner of the presidential election. Democrats say that in early 2016, in that election year, Republicans took such a stand on the issue of vacant seats in the Supreme Court. When Democratic President Barack Obama (Barack Obama) nominated the Federal Court of Appeal judge Merrick Garland (Merrick Garland) for the Supreme Court judge, Republicans refused to consider it.
"The Senate is doing the right thing ," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Mitch McConnell) said Sunday as he pushed for Barrett nomination. We are moving this nomination forward. "
The Associated Press reported that Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren (Elizabeth Warren) from Massachusetts called the vote "illegal" and "the last struggle of a desperate party ".
Barrett it is possible to consider Trump -related electoral disputes, it is unclear whether she will recuse herself as Trump nominee. Two weeks ago, at the confirmation hearings of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Barrett was asked whether she would avoid court hearings on extending the deadline for voters to mail ballot papers and other bipartisan disputes.
Barrett will almost certainly attend a hearing in the supreme court on november 10th on whether to repeal a new suit under the u.s. affordable care act. Trump tried to overthrow the law.
The bill was passed in 2010 under the auspices of former President Barack Obama, commonly known as "Obamacare ". The bill helps provide health insurance for millions of Americans. At a time when Coronavirus cases are soaring in the u.s., many people are concerned about the health-care costs of obama.
Republicans have long argued that Obamacare costs taxpayer too much money and gives government too much control over health care. The Republican-controlled parliament in 2017 scrapped the law's requirement that those who can afford it must buy health insurance. Republicans now want the supreme court to nullify the entire law. Without the key provision for mandatory health insurance, they say, the rest of the bill is untenable.
