Trump's judges are trashing voting rights. Barrett could make things worse. [View all]

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By Daniel Boguslaw -October 19, 2020 11:24 AM

The confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court could create a conservative majority for decades to come.

A new "Anti-Democracy Scorecard" released by the organization Take Back the Court last week shows that federal judges appointed under the Trump administration and shepherded through the confirmation process by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have voted overwhelmingly to erode voting rights.

The study found that judges appointed by Donald Trump ruled 85% of the time to make it harder for people to vote, and that judges appointed under Republican presidents in general ruled that way 80% of the time.

The study comes on the heels of a decadeslong march by dark money groups and billionaire Republican donors like the Koch brothers to pack the judiciary with conservatives for years to come.

Already judges appointed by Trump have impacted the 2020 election in places like Texas, where courts have ruled on limiting the number of ballot drop-off locations available to voters, who gets to vote by mail, and the postmark date required for ballots to be counted.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/judges-donald-trump-supreme-court-conservatives-amy-coney-barrett-voting-rights-democracy/

When this right wing Federalist Society POS said the following:

When pushed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) this week on whether or not she believes it is illegal to intimidate voters, Barrett refused to answer: "I can't characterize the facts in a hypothetical situation, and I can't apply the law to a hypothetical set of facts. I can only decide cases as they come to me litigated by parties on a full record after fully engaging precedent, talking to colleagues, writing an opinion, and so I can't answer questions like that."

BS.........What about Florida Barrett.................