Senate to Confirm Trump Supreme Court Candidate Amy Coney Barrett One Week Before Election Day | CNN

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Senate Republicans are set to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's Supreme Court candidate, on Monday a major victory for the president and his party just days before Nov.3, which promises push the high court in a more conservative direction for generations to come.

The stakes in the battle for the Supreme Court are immense, coming at a crucial moment in American politics in the run-up to an election in which control of Congress and the White House are at stake.

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Trump's appointment of a new Supreme Court Justice will mark the third of his term, providing Republicans with a historic opportunity to deliver on the key conservative priority and campaign promise to transform the federal courts through life appointments.

Trump is expected to swear in Barrett at the White House in an open-air ceremony at 9 p.m. Monday after his long-awaited confirmation, a source familiar with the invitation told CNN.

The 48-year-old Barrett is likely to serve in court for decades and give the Conservatives a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court, a change in his makeup that will have dramatic implications for a variety of issues that could come up sooner. .

this, including the future of the Affordable Care Act and any potential disputes regarding the 2020 elections.

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Senate Republicans, who hold a majority in the upper house, have gone ahead with one of the fastest nomination procedures in modern times following the death of the late justice and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month.

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They have the votes to confirm Barrett over objections from Democrats who have argued that the process has been a hasty and cynical takeover that threatens to undermine Ginsburg's legacy.

The Senate is doing the right thing.

We are moving forward with this nomination and, colleagues, tomorrow night we will have a new member of the Supreme Court of the United States, ”Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday after the Senate advanced the nomination in a key procedural vote to break a Democratic filibuster.

The battle for confirmation has played out in a bitterly divided Senate, but the outcome has not been in doubt for much of the fight.

With few exceptions, Senate Republicans quickly lined up in support of Barrett after he was proposed by President Trump.

All Democrats are expected to vote against the nomination.

Two Republican senators crossed party lines to vote with Democrats in opposition to Sunday's procedural vote: Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.

Collins, who faces a competitive reelection fight, is expected to vote against the nomination out of concerns that it is too close to Election Day to consider a nominee.

Murkowski has already announced, however, that he will ultimately vote to confirm Barrett in the final vote, but said he would vote against the procedural vote after having previously voiced opposition to accepting a candidate to fill the available seat so close to the chose.

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Yet Senate Republicans have largely rallied to the nomination, praising Barrett as extremely qualified to serve on the Supreme Court.

Republicans, who have a 53-seat majority, only need 51 votes to confirm a new judge.

Senate Democrats, on the other hand, have criticized the candidacy and the confirmation process.

Democrats have warned that Barrett's confirmation will jeopardize health care protection and the Affordable Care Act.

They have argued that the confirmation process was rushed and accused Republicans of hypocrisy in moving forward with the nomination after blocking consideration of former President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland in 2016.

"The Republican Party is willing to ignore the pandemic to accelerate this nomination to the Supreme Court," said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer in a speech delivered Sunday.

Democrats, who are in the minority, have had limited ability to oppose the nomination, but have protested the process in various ways.

When the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination, the Democratic senators on the panel boycotted the vote and instead filled their seats with photographs of people who rely on the Affordable Care Act in an effort to call the attention to an upcoming case that Barrett's confirmation would put the law at risk.

During confirmation hearings, Democrats sought answers from Barrett on a number of controversial issues that the Supreme Court could address.

Yet Barrett repeatedly declined to specify how he could rule on a variety of issues, from the Affordable Care Act to Roe v.

Wade and the higher court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.

Barrett explained during the hearings that he shared a philosophy with the late Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom he worked as a secretary, but argued that he would not be an identical judge if confirmed.