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
Donald Trump
, now
Amy Coney Barrett has
also made the second step: The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the candidate for the US Supreme Court on Thursday.
The
AFP
reports
.
The opposition
Democrats
boycotted the vote.
Video: Pro and counter protests in Washington on the judge election in the USA
The
nomination
is highly controversial.
The Democrats criticize that such an important position will be filled shortly before the
2020 US election
*.
Should Barrett also take the next step, approval by the entire US Senate, and be appointed as a constitutional judge, the
conservative majority in
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
life
.
Because the
Republicans
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
hearing
that lasted
several days
, during which the devout Catholic Barrett had to answer questions from 22 senators - including
Kamala Harris
*, the runner-up for Democratic presidential candidate
Joe Biden
.
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
judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg
at the end of September
.
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