Hearing Dates for Judge Barrett's Supreme Court Nomination (official press release)

[tgenerico]

Chairman Graham Announces Hearing Dates for Judge Barrett’s Supreme Court Nomination
House Committee on the Judiciary official website

WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) this evening announced that the hearing to consider the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States will begin October 12, 2020.

The hearing will last three to four days, using the format the committee has followed for recent Supreme Court nominees. Opening statements by Judiciary Committee members and the nominee will occur on Monday, October 12. The questioning of Judge Barrett will begin on Tuesday, October 13. Testimony by those who know Judge Barrett the best and legal experts is expected to follow.

Members of the media seeking to cover the hearing should contact their respective Senate Press Galleries. Chairman Graham’s statement about Judge Barrett can be found here.

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Definitely shooting for before the election.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Columbus Day. Federal holiday. NT

[customerserviceguy]

2. It will be a tightrope for Sen. Harris

She faces the challenges of confronting Barrett effectively while not appearing to be a bully, or anti-Catholic. Also, she runs the risk of outshining Joe Biden's performances at the debates, making him appear weak by comparison.

[sweetloukillbot]

3. Yeah! The African American woman better remember her place!

[customerserviceguy]

4. It has nothing to do with that

It has to do with the fact that one person is the presidential candidate and the other is the vice-presidential candidate.

That was one of McCain's problems, when it came to the GOP base, Palin was the rockstar and McCain was a washed-up old fuddy-duddy. We want Joe to look strong in the days before the election. If he gets ignored, which is one of Trump's goals in making this nomination, then it does not help the ticket.

[sweetloukillbot]

6. That doesn't help your argument

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

20. Yeah, I agree with ya sweetlou... we wouldn't want WOC to outshine white men!!

[Takket]

24. wow... this post is incredibly accusatory and inappropriate

The poster made a really good point which has everything to do with a sitting Judiciary committee member currently running for VP, and nothing to do with that person's race or sex.

[sweetloukillbot]

25. Yeah! Sexist comments are just being concerned!

[Takket]

26. you are the one dragging sex and race into it, not the poster.

And you want to talk about sexist comments?

Please.

i'm not going to fight the poster's battles for them, and Harris can take care of herself. So I'll just leave it here.

i won't be entertaining your strawman arguments any further.

[sweetloukillbot]

27. No the person who said Harris shouldn't over shadow Biden did

[MineralMan]

5. Oh, I wouldn't worry about Senator Harris's performance.

She'll do just fine. She is very, very capable in such hearings. But I can understand your concern...

[sweetloukillbot]

7. No, don't you see, she has to be quiet and let the man shine nt

[MineralMan]

8. Well, I doubt she will be quiet. She rarely is.

I'm sure she will ask very pointed questions of the nominee and follow them up as needed.

No need to worry about her. She's very good at what she does.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

21. I'm with ya... I hope Kamala rips Amy a new one!!

[customerserviceguy]

10. It will require a deft balance

I think she's got that capability, but it is possible the media will distort things. I certainly hope that Joe Biden gets his share of airtime during that hearing.

Trump's whole game is to suck the oxygen out of the room for his opponents, and he's shown that he'll go to any lengths to do that, this is why he nominated such a controversial judge for this position, and why he's doing it before the election.

I expect Faux Snooze to compare and contrast various members of the Senate Judiciary Committee with footage of Joe Biden when he was on that committee during some contentious confirmations.

[MineralMan]

11. Don't you think she is capable of that? I certainly do.

And who cares what Fox News does?

For pete's sake! Leave it alone. Don't start dissing Senator Harris in advance, please. Try being supportive of our VP candidate, why don't you?

WTAF?

[customerserviceguy]

14. OK

I just pointed out that it requires skill, which I believe Sen. Harris has, and that it is not simply a slam dunk. I'd like to ask people to not be disappointed when Sen. Harris does a more surgical job of dissecting Barrett than going at her with a verbal sledgehammer, that's all.

[PTWB]

9. Seems quite sexist to me.

Harris should be as bold and as strong as she thinks appropriate.

[sweetloukillbot]

12. Yup nt

[customerserviceguy]

13. And I think she has the judgment

to be appropriately strong. It all depends on what the media does with the story of her time to question Barrett. We know the right-wingers will make her out to be an anti-Catholic harpy, but what will ABC, CBS and NBC do with it? And will Biden become invisible for a few days while the hearings are going on? We'd better hope not.

[customerserviceguy]

23. And I think she will be

Surely, as a prosecutor she has had to deal with situations where a potentially sympathetic witness needs to have their testimony questioned without making that witness more sympathetic to a judge or jury. I saw a video here a couple of days ago with Al Franken questioning Barrett in just such a manner. He was able to attack her judgment without personally attacking her.

I expect Sen. Harris to do that, too, but I caution that it will require deft moves. Sen. Harris will not attack Barrett head-on, and that may leave a few people here disappointed, and I hope that they understand that this is needle that must be threaded, not a nail that must be hammered.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. You seem overly concerned about Biden's "performances"

There's no reason to think anyone in America thinks like "there can only be one strong politician in the country - if Harris is strong, then Biden is weak!".

This ain't Highlander.

[customerserviceguy]

16. I have to admit

I'm a little bit nervous about Tuesday. Maybe I'll feel better by Wednesday.

And didn't Sarah Palin's giant enthusiastic crowds of deplorables make McCain's candidacy look anemic by comparison?

Am I wrong to state that Sen. Harris' job in taking down this nominee is going to require some finesse? It won't be as easy as making Boof Boy look like a frat house stooge.

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. Yeah, I think you are wrong to state its her job

She's not the only Dem senator on the committee. Talking about her overriding Catholic beliefs wouldn't do any good anyway - that won't change the way Republican senators vote, and neither will it change the way Americans vote in November - the point will be to point out the hypocrisy and disregard for democracy of the Republicans - Trump, senators and all the rest. They need to lose votes because of this.

So it's about the process. They could refuse to have anything to do with it at all - say it's a sham and a constitutional coup - or they can throw all their (including Barrett's) words about not choosing an SC judge in an election year back at them.

No, Sarah Palin's giant enthusiastic crowds of deplorables did not make McCain's candidacy look anemic by comparison. Jeez, you're easily impressed. McCain was anemic because he hadn't a clue what to do about the financial crisis.

[customerserviceguy]

22. I just remember

the big crowds Palin used to get, at least before the media exposed her as somewhat of a bimbo.

I'm confident that Sen. Harris has the skills, I just want to point out that she needs to expose Barrett without making her look more sympathetic. She made Boof Boy cry, that makes a man look weak and even pathetic in some people's eyes, doing the same thing to Barrett might cause some empathy for her, especially among Catholics, if they perceive that she's being persecuted for her faith.

I think it's shortsighted to say that this confirmation process will not have any possible bearing on the outcome of the election. Trump is a bomb-thrower, and Barrett is his latest incendiary device.

[enough]

19. In this world, I don't think this is anything to worry about.

Having chosen a very strong VP candidate makes Joe look strong, not weak.

[Codeine]

17. " weeks before Graham even holds a Judiciary hearing minimum!

I’ve seen this play out for decades!”

Or so said one of our DU Lecture Squad a bit over a week ago. The old norms are out the window, as we explained before. Please stop with the lecturing.