Shortly before the 2020 US election: Committee approves controversial Constitutional Judge Amy Coney Barrett

Amy Coney Barrett is getting closer to her goal: On Thursday, the Judicial Committee of the US Senate approved her nomination.

Donald Trump had previously proposed her as constitutional judge.

• Republicans on the

  Justice Committee

  voted for

  Amy Coney Barrett

  on Thursday

  .

• Next, the entire

  US Senate

  must

  approve Donald Trump's candidate.

• Before that, Barrett faced the senators' questions in a multi-day hearing.

Washington, DC - The first step was the nomination by US President

, now

also made the second step: The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the candidate for the US Supreme Court on Thursday.

The

reports

.

The opposition

boycotted the vote.

Video: Pro and counter protests in Washington on the judge election in the USA

The

is highly controversial.

The Democrats criticize that such an important position will be filled shortly before the

*.

Should Barrett also take the next step, approval by the entire US Senate, and be appointed as a constitutional judge, the

the highest court in the USA will continue

to strengthen

: then six of the nine judges would have such an orientation.

Constitutional judges are appointed for

.

Because the

have a majority in the Senate of 53 out of 100 Senators, Barrett's confirmation is almost certain.

The 48-year-old would move into the Supreme Court before the presidential election on November 3rd.

Amy Coney Barrett: Next, the entire US Senate has to vote for the candidate

Last week,

the judicial committee held

a

that lasted

several days

, during which the devout Catholic Barrett had to answer questions from 22 senators - including

*, the runner-up for Democratic presidential candidate

.

During the questioning, she repeatedly avoided critical questions.

One of her main statements: She sees the office as constitutional judge not as a political office, but as a legal one.

US President Trump nominated Barrett as the successor to the late left-liberal constitutional

at the end of September

.