SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing May Not Happen

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Briank on Saturday, October 3, 2020 – 07:51 pm

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Republican Senators Lee and Tillis are both on the Judiciary Committee, and both are COVID positive. They need to be back by the 14th to confirm the nomination. Even if they do make it back in time to confirm, the third COVID positive Republican senator would need to be back by the 19th to participate in the full vote.

These are crazy times we live in.

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mikeedwardsetc on Monday, October 5, 2020 – 12:17 am

Keep hope alive.

McConnell says Senate won’t meet as planned after a third senator tests positive.

Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, announced on Saturday that the Senate would not meet as planned next week after three senators tested positive for the virus, but indicated that Republicans would press ahead to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court without delay.

“The Senate’s floor schedule will not interrupt the thorough, fair and historically supported confirmation process previously laid out,” Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, said in a statement, adding that the Senate Judiciary Committee had “successfully” met with senators appearing both in person and virtually since May.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/elections/mcconnell-says-senate-wo...