The Senate Judiciary Committee will hear opening statements today regarding Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Judge Barrett will be introduced by U.S. Senator Todd Young, Indiana; U.S. Senator Michael Braun, Indiana; and Professor Patricia O’Hara from Notre Dame Law School. Anticipated Start Time 9:00am EDT
Day #1 hearing concludes at 2:15pm EDT
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Blackburn is tearing it up! Hitting a LOT of key points.
She is a HUGE upgrade from our former RINO here in TN, Corker.
This year we get the other RINO, Alexander, replaced by Hagerty, who was a Trump’s ambassador to Japan for a couple years. Not as conservative as Marsha, but a lot better than Alexander!
Yes I remember that little corker was a Never Trumper
She is better than corker, but she, and none of the other “Republican” Senators have voted for a full Senate recess at any time. Why?
Because the King Mitch will put them in exile otherwise.
Ha. So True. I wonder if some prescriptions for Growacet would help …
Thanks for that!
Ok, Spartacuck.
The room is CDC compliant!!!
Quit whining Kamala and Dims.
Scott Adams post…. Clarification: It only looks like a bondage film. It’s actually something about the Supreme Court.
Hirono is an embarrassment. I would be embarrassed if I voted her into office. She is just THAT dumb.
there is definitely a high number of citizen voters in hawaii who have use and kessy regard for crazie mazie.
here the real rub.
it boils to institutional racism and ethnic cronyism.
hawaii in every single category of state representation is solid Japanese descent.
its been this way for a very long time.
until about 15 years ago..the ratio was reasonable to the population…and more precisely it was quite moderate to other interests.
then the hawaii real estate market shot like a rocket… gentrification has one sole primary cause… Japanese speculative buying…it has caused one of the most wide separation between the uber rich and elite officials and the rest of hawaii.
covid is playing out to expose the graft and the side hustles long overlooked and ignored. and before covid, it was the insanely expensive and corrupt rail system… which has been proven to be a massive fraud..there are no less than 67 civil suits AND an ongoing federal investigation… resignations have.happened at a record clip…
the “board” for that rail boondoggle is composed of nearly ALL Japanese Hawaiians!!! its part of the culture… the elite feudal Japanese regimes are still very much alive.
but things are changing… mostly from the obsurdly horrible way that ike is handling policy to it. and also hirono who voted for trillions of covid dollars but small businesses have seen none… while the uber rich and well connected.crony Japanese friends are actually MAKING money…
covid ANd trump are changing Hawaii minds about these Democrats.
its all about elite private self interests exposed.
good RIDDANCE.
Hawaii…reclaim your rightful respectful representation.
vote pau for all these wannabe Hawaiians
Somebody should remind Senator Hirono that Japan accepts no refugees whatsoever, accepts no African immigration, accepts no Hispanic immigration, accepts no immigration from India or China, accepts no Muslim immigration yet Japan is exempt from any criticism by the world’s news media or Leftist political parties. Why???
Because, secretly, we admire and respect them for being that way?
4gypsy, I have to agree with you but then again Houston isn’t embarrassed about re-electing Shelia Jackson Lee time and again. Dems must not have any embarrassment after all look what they are voting for this year..
Sherry- you are so right! Sheila Jackson Lee, Hirono, Maxine and Mr. Guam will tip over- are just a few of the “intellectuals” who are part of the Democrat Party.
Who elects these people?
Funny that the Dims are the ones who push the Handmaiden garbage and face masks.
Hawaii, please give us a favor vote out this idiot.
The book behind Kamala Harris changes from a girl in a swing to RBG in the middle of her “speech.”
Why?
Photoshop????
Liar.
I sure hope Judge Amy removes the mask before giving her opening statement.
I called both offices of Amy Klobuchar….here in MN and her office in DC and left a message telling how disappointed I was in her blatantly lying at the hearing today. She repeated the lie that Pres Trump called the military suckers and losers as if it were fact. Same with him not disavowing white supremacy. Then she accused him of saying he wouldn’t agree to a peaceful transfer of power; which isn’t exactly a lie, but I pointed out the fact that the Dems haven’t shown a peaceful transfer from the 2016 election. It drives me crazy how they can sit in front of a committee and the media and outright lie!!
There’s video of Biden calling the military “stupid bast&rds” as they stand behind him during a speech. Crickets from all.
I’m glad you did. Both comments are false and her claim that he didn’t denounce ‘white supremacy’ is ridiculously false.I don’t have the link handy but I recently saw clips of a speech where he thoroughly denounced all forms of bigotry. It might have been after the murders in the Pittsburgh temple.
What the heck does what Trump said or did have to do with this Supreme court nomination? If you haven’t watched Jason Whitlock’s testimony before the house last week you should. He called out the politicians using the hearing to bash Trump. They are an embarassment.
Pretty lady
Smart lady
The eyes indicate that…
Amy is up!
Barrett is definitely WINNING CONFIRMATION!
on optics alone, Dimms are torturing this highly qualified Judge and family!
think we get one more day and then the vote!
Making speeches and asking the wrong f’n questions! (h/t Rust Cohle)
Only two things matter–Will she enforce the law as written? Does her record support that?
Hearing over; head out to the keg on the patio. Am I “installed” yet?
Some of her ‘record’ is indicated at THE EPOCH TIMES, fyi
I liked Braun’s statement about geographical diversity. A justice from flyover country (he used the term “heartland”). Geographical and intellectual diversity are two kinds the progs try to ignore.
My gosh, she is just a warm and down to earth Midwestern mother yet she is every bit as well-spoken, assured, and poised as the most accoplished Ivy League graduate.
Ivy league means a prestigious University — aren’t there many of those outside of the 8 that “they” consider Ivy? To me, (and I did attend Columbia University) there are many graduates WHO are just as polished, well-spoken, assured, and poised as she. For the most part, Ivy league means that you have the doe-ray-me to attend (unless you are a minority in “their eyes”). My daughter currently attends ND — I would not let her go IVY League (yes she got in), not only because we could not afford it BUT I did not want her coming home a raging lib who may have been brainwashed by those who she was surrounded by. I am surrounded by Ivy League graduates (we live in Westchester County NY) and they for the most part are nowhere near as bright as those who worked hard to attend the local community colleges. Ivy League or ND graduate? The choice is simple — ND grad by a landslide! Go ABC and go Irish!!!
Love your comment – agree 100%!
Just saw Mazzie rolling her eyes…
Mazzie—–we roll our eyes at HER! She is just dumb as a box of rocks.
The vote to confirm her should be 98 to 2.
51-48. Romney against. Murkowsky abstaining.
Or, as Biden just called him “that mormon”
The thing! Come on man! ?
?“The Thing”. It fits and it’s seasonal.
I thought Romney was for Barrett. Collins said she thought the hearing should go forward, but appeared to leave it open as to what she’d do at the floor vote.
Murkowski is abstaining. Pence can break a tie vote. (which no doubt would lead to the Dems screaming, “She’s illegitimate!” “She got on the court because the VP broke a tie!” – which the Dems would not hesitate to do if roles were reversed).
Romney will vote for her. He has been 100% on judges.
I thought he opposed nominating her so close to the election?
Not to my knowledge. He put out a statement indicating that he was in support of filling the vacancy. Hard to believe, I know.
I think one of his “spokespeople” came out saying that Romney never said that.
I don’t think that’s correct. I’ve looked at this pretty extensively, and I believe he will ultimately be voting to confirm Barrett.
Only mittens and murkowski voting no? ????
They will abstain at worst, not vote no. Could have 5 vote present and still confirm 48-47.
To vote present allows you to have your cake and eat it too by saying you didn’t vote for because it’s too close to an election and you didn’t vote against because she’s obviously very qualified.
This is a no brainer position for the fence sitters. Lol.
Mittens had indicated previously that he was in support of filling the vacancy.
My inherent distrust of him requires clarifications of his intentions regarding his support of Barrett and when the vote to confirm should occur. He has earned my skepticism of his motives and behavior.
As President Trump likes to say, “We’ll see what happens.”
Wish President TRUMP install Amy Barrett as chief justice and set Roberts rear down .
Good one!
You know what? The image of her, our pending new champion of justice, liberty and reason, taking OFF her mask as she introduced herself was incredibly symbolic!
Powerful recommendation by the Harvard dean, same one who gave a recommendation for Elena Kagan,
forgive me for correcting you. the Dean is from Notre Dame, where ACB was on faculty.
I do wish PRESIDENT TRUMP would install her as Chief Justice and set Justice Roberts down as just another justice. She is far better than he is.
Kamala mentioned the Last Refuge!
said the court was the last refuge =]
cute!
This patricia o’hara is impressive also.
Ended on a positive endorsement. That is good.
The attacks by Democrats on a well qualified woman will not go without notice.
we aren’t done yet…more BS
It aint over…keep watching for the rolling BS
This is why I hate google news, and why I think that the selection and placement of news stories by Google is pernicious and is a major issue that needs to be brought out in to the open. What is the top story on Google News? A link to a story in the “Guardian”, quite the lefty paper, titled: “Amy Coney went to my all girls’ high school: I hope that she is not confirmed”. It is the choice of what to select and highlight, and what stories to ignore, that is markedly affecting people in the U.S. Google News is a major offender.
Why is everyone mask shaming ACB? I would imagine she is simply agreeing to the protocol. And I really don’t care if people wear masks or not Their choice.
This is the crux of the maskage controversy. If you want to mask, if you want to wear 14 masks and a hazmat suit, by all means, do it. But DO NOT impose your faux mask hysteria on me. We are perfectly capable of making our own health decisions.
I have worn masks in surgery 10,000 hours. Sterile gloves, gowns, drapes, scrubbed hands and hair well covered. Wearing a dirty mask is like wearing clean socks and not taking a bath.
The mask charade is not working.
Thank you, Harvey!
Just like the democrats we have our share of zealots. Yet, the reason I am disappointed in the zealots here, on CTH, is that they should understand the need for discretion and compromise if one wants to govern. I don’t care much for McConnell but we need this Justice Candidate to be appointed. Folks on CTH should know better that there is a time to resist or be smart as well as a time to understand the difference between the two positions.
To be fair, those of us here don’t actually have a vote in confirming her. We’re just voicing our opinions, which don’t affect this vote.
Fear runs strong among you, if you need to waste time posting such stuff.
She tested positive and recovered earlier this summer. Why should she wear a mask?
All the nattering about her being a Catholic—are the Dems so dim they can’t remember their beloved Kennedys? JFK addressed religious bigotry after all— 60 years ago!
JFK would be appalled by the dim party and its lies today.
The democrats of today are completely unrelated to the democrats of the JFK era.
The demoncrats have been infiltrated by marxists, islamic radicals and anarchists. With the help of the MSM they hide who they really are to most of the people that vote for demoncrats. I believe that at least 70% of democrats would abandon the party, if it weren’t for the MSM glossing over the completely crazy, radical positions of the demoncrat party.
The ability of the MSM to continuously lie and distort must be destroyed somehow.
Just a simple posting of the current democrat members of the Catholic faith needs to be posted with the question if they are really Catholic or just pandering.
That list includes: Pelosi and Biden
but hold on now. so we can’t have a catholic SC Justice, but Biden, claiming to be a practicing catholic (yeah, my backside- you can’t steal that much money and call yourself a catholic) can be president ?
A bit of caution there, bud… The Church has been doing that expertly for a very long time.
Half of SCOTUS is Catholic so I don’t see what the big deal is.
It’s simple: they have nothing else to attack her on.
Doesn’t it make you wonder if they would do the same if she was Jewish or Muslim? Why don’t they go after Protestants the same way?
The nattering class of Dems just beclown themselves all the time, always in the same way and all together. None vary one bit from the party line, especially in such a public venue as this hearing. It’s appalling sometimes to watch politicians work and to realize how insincere and fake most of them are. Ugh.
The woman is supremely qualified as stated by her colleagues and shown by her numerous citations and achievement awards and by her legal/judicial accomplishments. Further acts of putting on a political drama are not needed and are a waste of time. Confirm her immediately.
If anyone has video her rolling her eyes today— post it.
https://twitter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1315728351890292736?s=20
I hope James woods is with us for a very long time!
I can imagine feeling shy at a cocktail party and ACB coming over to chat to make me feel at ease.
I agree she is likeable. But make no mistake, she is incredibly intelligent also. My husband is a lawyer and it’s like a magic trick when he puts on his lawyer hat. When he’s not working he wears jeans and band t-shirts, people underestimate him. But then some kind of switch flips in his brain when the law comes up and all of a sudden he dominates the conversation with facts, precedent, etc. and you are standing there wondering where it came from. I see the same in this lovely woman, I don’t know if it’s hereditary or what lawyers are taught, but they seem to enjoy holding their cards close to their chest and letting people underestimate them.
I am very much looking forward to having her on the SCOTUS. She will be brilliant.
OMG, ACB was an English major!!!!!!!!
Having her wear a mask today is seemingly an issue for Treepers today. I would have preferred she not have to wear one, but it really didn’t bother me all that much since Graham is obviously trying to thwart the left from using any controvery against her that he can.
Masks are worn everywhere right now whether we like it or not. Why shouldnt they be required in this setting-indoors, long hours inside a closed room? Supposedly the very setting that spreads covid the most easily. I wouldn’t have expected less in a political setting such as this one. She took it off to speak as they all did. We might think it’s ridiculous but it’s the protocol right now. Can you imagine the media ragging on the fact she wasn’t wearing a mask if that happened?
One thing I found interesting was watching all the people shown on camera with their masks on and trying to determine their level of attention and emotion. Eyes are fascinating things to pay attention to when trying to guess what people are thinking and feeling. I had fun with that when the camera showed the Senators who were not speaking and Judge Barrett too. Her eyes were calm for the most part but at times she would smile and you could see it in her eyes, but for the majority of the time, her eyes were very focused on the speaker and she was paying close attention to whomever was talking.
Masks are no fun at all, but it has been interesting watching masked people’s eyes and what one can determine from just those eyes being visible. Pres. Trump conveys alot with just his eyes. He has such strength of personality that much is revealed and understood about him even when most of his face is covered. No doubt about what he is trying to convey, mask or no mask. Imo.
Why shouldnt they be required in this setting-indoors, long hours inside a closed room?
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Because they don’t work??
https://aapsonline.org/mask-facts/
To add to what L4 said, masks don’t work she’s ALREADY had COVID.
I worry greatly about young children that are forced to wear masks for no valid scientific or health reason. They need to learn non-verbal communication. I worry that it 10 years or so we are going to have a whole generation of children and young adults that are functionally on the autistic spectrum, meaning they have impaired ability to read non-verbal social cues.
I don’t hate a lot of people, but I hate the people behind this phony pandemic response. They need to be removed from all positions of power and shunned from society. It is one thing to abuse adults. It is another thing to abuse children for political gain.
We have two new babies, born in July .They must think masks are normal, horrors!
Has she denounced her Christian faith yet?
Or will the democrat party Grand Inquisitors have to throw another log on the fire?
I would have guessed something about her adopted kids, i.e. that she didn’t actually legally adopt them or something else as equally idiotic. That way they can place the race card to some degree.
Made the rounds to see what was happening on the other cites. Made a fascinating discovery, as it seems the democrat robo-trolls have decided the OANN web site seems to be the target of the day.
Breitbart seems to be the most chaotic, with posters, troll and whatever wandering all over the topic spectrum.
A bunch of Democrats MASKquerading as US Senators, public servants and Constitutionalists!
Thank you Judge Barrett on behalf of all American Partriots for your service and respect for the rule of law.
God Bless the USA???
Grassley sounds so old a shaky, ? sad cuz I like that good ol’ boy.
Boy, Oh Boy! If you thought today’s hearing was a blast as each Senator got 10 minutes to pontificate and edify us lowly mortals, just wait for tomorrow when each senator gets 30 minutes in the 1st round and then 20 minutes in the 2nd round! What fun!
Why, I could end up as edicated and smart as some of those white kid dog faced pony soldiers by the time this heifer poop political show is over!
For those with hostility toward her being Catholic, why not remove Pelossis and Biden Catholics?
In my company employee handbooks, religious tests and slurs are treated no differently than vulgarity or racial spew.
I laughed at Kamalala saying this candidate would ruin Ginsberg’s “legacy” Our Constitution offers no wild “legacy protections’. In fact Kamalalala is mad that President Trump ma3e Obama look 3 grades worse than Jimmah Carter.
How nifty is Kamalala’s “legacy”? Mayor tells us.
Howdy folks,
I think I may have deduced the Dems next play. Watch over the next two/three days for some senators/staff to come down with ‘Covid-19’* and blame … you guessed it, ACB and confirmation process. There will be calls for postponement and of course the usual RINOs will join saying it is the only cautious thing to do at this point. Watch for it! This shit is getting so obvious by now.
* No doubt that a few will volunteer to get infected just make this ploy work.
Nothing the Dems do to attempt delaying the confirmation process and/or floor vote will surprise me. However, I anticipate that McConnell has an answer to “non-attendance” gambits.
I have been reluctant to trust McConnell and Graham to get this done ahead of the election, but they now have so much political “skin” in the game, any treachery by them could significantly impair their reelection efforts.
I continue to embrace Yogi Berra’s philosophy regarding the ending.
She will be nominated. Don’t lose any sleep.
Oh, I have no doubt. I trust Cocaine Mitch to get it done, this is what he lives for. Just saying expect antics. This is the next arrow in Pelosi’s quiver. Though I am confident that we will prevail. Trump/McConnell will Fill That Seat!
Enough with the masks!!!
Oops, accidentally posted to wrong thread. Sorry.
Sen hirono just gave a perfect example of how the law works. L.ledbeter’s case was turned away because of the 180 day rule. The legislature wrote a new bill changing the 180 day rule. The PRESIDENT signed the bill and the law was fixed! The legislature not the court fixes the law. If you don’t like the laws you vote for… READ THE DAMNED BILL!!!?