Amy Coney Barrett

The Democratic senator said Republicans were appointing Amy Coney Barrett to "advance an extremist agenda" beyond 2020.

Court packing is not new, but until the last few weeks, it was a well-defined concept with strong bipartisan opposition.

"I wouldn't miss that vote for the world," Pence said during a campaign stop, just days after five of his closest aides tested positive for coronavirus.

Though Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska had previously said she would vote against Barrett because the hearings were before the election, on Saturday she announced she had changed her mind.

Is there even an "Amy Baron Cohen"? Does she actually exist?

"Any time the Supreme Court deals with an abortion case, there will be a brief asking them to overturn Roe and they will have the opportunity to overturn Roe," one expert said.

"I've shared for a while that I didn't think we should be taking this up until after the election, and I haven't changed," the Alaska senator said.

"Help me get my message out," the incumbent Republican from South Carolina said.

The full Senate will confirm the Trump nominee on Monday, just eight days before the election. Barrett will make history by becoming the first justice to be confirmed just eight days before an election.

If Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation does nothing else, let it serve to let the ghost of Robert Bork rest in peace.

It is Donald Trump and Republicans who have broken norms and packed the court with right-wing justices. Joe Biden would be unpacking it.

All 10 of the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to boycott the panel's vote on Thursday.

The majority of all voters polled (51 percent), Democrats and Republicans, said the Senate should vote to confirm Barrett to the Supreme Court.

As the courts play more of a role in the political process, of course confirmation fights are going to be more fraught with partisan considerations.

The possibility of increasing the number of justices to artificially give one president, and one party, greater influence over the Court came to be recognized as the ultimate violation of constitutional norms.

The ABA has provided cover to senators who quote its irresponsible rating as if it were the final word from the legal profession. It is not.

The ad campaign features 2016 comments by Senators Ted Cruz, Chuck Grassley, Marco Rubio, Ron Johnson and Rob Portman, which contradict their current stance on a Supreme Court confirmation before an election.

Commentators claim Amy Coney Barrett may have been crucial in deciding a major mail-in ballot case in favor of Republicans.

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick would have the government intervene in the most intimate aspects of personal life. But a mask mandate? Never.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will begin the process to confirm Barrett after the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on her nomination on Thursday.

Graham repeatedly asked where the women were from, before criticizing Seattle in the videoed exchange.

Are women aiming to overcome our biology to achieve the same liberty as men—to only live as a parent through an active, affirmative choice?

Senator Dianne Feinstein is facing a torrent of criticism, and calls to retire or step down from her position as ranking Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, after praising confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

The judge's stance on abortion is hardly a mystery. Ask any OB-GYN like myself, and they'll tell you: We're doomed.

Senators who vote to confirm Judge Barrett should take note, and expect gun safety voters to hold them accountable the next time they're up for election.

The right decision on the Affordable Care Act will help Americans fix what's broken in our health care system and lead to enacting real reforms that put patients in charge of their own health.

He said he would deliver a clear position on court-packing by Election Day, after criticizing Senate Republicans for focusing on the Supreme Court instead of on a COVID-19 stimulus relief for Americans.

"Y'all have a good chance of winning the White House," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to Democrats on Thursday.

"I can't characterize the facts in a hypothetical situation, and I can't apply the law to a hypothetical set of facts," Barrett said during the second day of her hearing.

No more surprises. The nation knows a good nominee for the Supreme Court when it sees one, even if some Democratic senators do not.