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Demonstrators Gather Outside Supreme Court To Protest Trump Nomination
SEP 27, 3:22 PM
Demonstrators Gather Outside Supreme Court To Protest Trump Nomination
Colleen Grablick https://twitter.com/colleengrablick
Dozens of demonstrators gathered in protest of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Sunday afternoon. They lined the sidewalk outside the Supreme Court building only days after mourners flocked to the same spot, grieving the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump’s nomination Saturday of Amy Coney Barrett — a former clerk for the late Justice Antonin Scalia and an unwavering conservative — drew quick opposition from Democrats and advocacy groups. Those who protested Sunday condemned the nomination of a judge who, if confirmed, would cement the conservative majority on the court, possibly threatening current abortion and healthcare laws.
D.C. resident Adina Wadsworth says anger motivated her to come out on Sunday — anger at what she says is hypocrisy on the part of GOP senators who opposed former president Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination in 2016. ... “I’m angry at this administration pushing through a judge when Ginsburg hasn’t even been buried yet,” Wadsworth says. “I don’t want the court shoved down our throats on a 6-3 conservative majority, it’s not right.”
Hearings on Barrett’s nomination will begin October 12. Wadsworth, who lives less than a mile from the Supreme Court, says she will return as many days as possible to continue protesting. Julie Peters, a director with the advocacy group that organized Sunday’s demonstration, says a second protest is already planned for early Tuesday morning. ... “It’s an extraordinarily short timeline,” Peter says, referencing the 40 days between the nomination and election. “Every day is important.” ... Sunday’s demonstration marks the latest in a string of protests against Senate Republicans since, hours after Ginsburg’s death, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called for Senate vote on a new justice. Earlier this week, local advocates protested outside of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Capitol Hill home and again at McConnell’s Stanton Park home.
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Demonstrators Gather Outside Supreme Court To Protest Trump Nomination
Colleen Grablick https://twitter.com/colleengrablick
Dozens of demonstrators gathered in protest of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Sunday afternoon. They lined the sidewalk outside the Supreme Court building only days after mourners flocked to the same spot, grieving the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Trump’s nomination Saturday of Amy Coney Barrett — a former clerk for the late Justice Antonin Scalia and an unwavering conservative — drew quick opposition from Democrats and advocacy groups. Those who protested Sunday condemned the nomination of a judge who, if confirmed, would cement the conservative majority on the court, possibly threatening current abortion and healthcare laws.
D.C. resident Adina Wadsworth says anger motivated her to come out on Sunday — anger at what she says is hypocrisy on the part of GOP senators who opposed former president Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nomination in 2016. ... “I’m angry at this administration pushing through a judge when Ginsburg hasn’t even been buried yet,” Wadsworth says. “I don’t want the court shoved down our throats on a 6-3 conservative majority, it’s not right.”
Hearings on Barrett’s nomination will begin October 12. Wadsworth, who lives less than a mile from the Supreme Court, says she will return as many days as possible to continue protesting. Julie Peters, a director with the advocacy group that organized Sunday’s demonstration, says a second protest is already planned for early Tuesday morning. ... “It’s an extraordinarily short timeline,” Peter says, referencing the 40 days between the nomination and election. “Every day is important.” ... Sunday’s demonstration marks the latest in a string of protests against Senate Republicans since, hours after Ginsburg’s death, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called for Senate vote on a new justice. Earlier this week, local advocates protested outside of Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Capitol Hill home and again at McConnell’s Stanton Park home.
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