"Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has released her opening statement ahead of her confirmation hearings this week. In it, she introduces her family, goes into detail about her law career, and previews how she would conduct herself as an associate justice of the Supreme Court.
"Democrats have already shown us that they fully intend to question Judge Barrett's Catholic faith and how it may affect her decision-making. She tries to put those fears to rest in her opening remarks."
. "When I write an opinion resolving a case, I read every word from the perspective of the losing party," she explains. "I ask myself how I would view the decision if one of my children were 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 that 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."
"She later adds that Americans deserve a Supreme Court "that interprets our Constitution and laws as they are written." "Read her entire opening statement below...
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Sen. Chris Coons Spews Litany Of Absurd Arguments Against Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation "If Sen. Chris Coons’ (D-DE) recent remarks regarding the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett are any indication, the Democrats are using the “throw everything against the wall and see what sticks” strategy to stop her from replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The senator gave a myriad of reasons why he believes the judge should not be appointed to the highest court in the land. But it appears that his arguments are nothing more than desperate posturing." . . .
READ: Amy Coney Barrett's Opening Statement In Her Confirmation Hearing
ACB vs. ‘Know-Nothing’ Democrats; Republicans are almost certain to confirm an outstanding judge. But a simmering anti-Catholicism threatens to break through. "The Democrats have essentially given up on blocking the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. This does not imply, however, that they will fail to turn her hearings into a nasty farce of smears of the nominee as an adherent to a voodoo-like religious devotion, and a passionate seeker of an America with no assisted healthcare and back-alley abortions.
"The strategy mirrors the malicious fiction then-Senators Joe Biden and Teddy Kennedy threw at Robert Bork in 1987. Barrett, like Bork, is obviously a person of outstanding character and intelligence with impeccable credentials as a law professor and judge. " . . .
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