In a process labelled 'a sham' by one Democrat Senator, a date well ahead of the November 3 US presidential election is locked in to vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett's ascension to the Supreme Court.
She skipped past Democrats' pressing questions about ensuring the date of next month's election or preventing voter intimidation, both set in federal law, and the peaceful transfer of presidential power."It's not one that I can offer a view," she said in response to a question from Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy.
She said she is not on a "mission to destroy the Affordable Care Act", though she has been critical of the two Supreme Court decisions that preserved key parts of what has become known as Obamacare.Judge Barrett is the most open opponent of abortion nominated to the Supreme Court in decades and Democrats fear that her ascension could be a tipping point that threatens abortion rights.
Republican senators embraced her stance, proudly stating that she was, in Graham's words, an "unashamedly pro-life" conservative who was making history as a role model for other women. Judge Barrett refused to say whether the 1973 landmark Roe versus Wade ruling on abortion rights was correctly decided, though she signed an open letter seven years ago that called the decision "infamous".
Democrats pressed repeatedly on the judge's approach to health care, abortion, racial equity and voting rights, but conceded they were unlikely to stop her quick confirmation.
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