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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is presenting herself as a judge with deeply held personal and religious beliefs, but one who vows to keep an “open mind” on cases coming to the court. She’s on Capitol Hill for a final round of questioning Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republicans champion her conservative approach to the law and doubtful Democrats are running out of time to stop her quick confirmation. Sen. Lindsey Graham said she’s making history as an “unashamedly pro-life” conservative. Democrats are trying to unpack her views on abortion, health care and president’s power. President Donald Trump’s nominee is on track for quick confirmation before election day.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will present the Medal of Freedom to Dan Gable, a renowned wrestler and coach from Iowa. Trump’s decision to award one of the nation’s highest civilian honors to Gable comes during a tight race in a state in which Gable is a sports legend. He was a champion wrestler at Iowa State University, and as a coach, led the University of Iowa to 15 NCAA team titles. He also won the gold medal in the 1972 Olympics. Trump is scheduled to hold a campaign rally at the Des Moines International Airport on Wednesday night.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Tennessee’s 48-hour waiting period law for abortions is unconstitutional. In a Wednesday ruling, U.S. District Judge Bernard Freidman says the law “substantially burdens women seeking an abortion in Tennessee.” Friedman also says the state has not shown that the law furthers its purported goals. He says the evidence demonstrates that at least 95% of women are certain of their decision, abortion regret is uncommon and abortion does not increase women’s risk of negative mental health outcomes. The ruling comes amid the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, who critics worry could help to weaken or even overturn U.S. abortion rights.
(AP) US Scientists calculate that Earth hit its warmest September on record last month. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Wednesday said there’s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the hottest year on record. NOAA said September 2020 edged past 2016 to break the heat record. Records go back 141 years. It has been record warm in California, Oregon, Europe, much of Asia and the Southern Hemisphere. Scientists say this is due to a lot of man-made global warming with a little bit of natural variability. It’s been 429 months, nearly 36 years, since Earth had a cooler than normal month.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is batting back Democrats’ questions on abortion, gun rights and other hot-button issues at her Senate confirmation hearing. She declined to say on Tuesday whether or not she would recuse herself from any post-election disputes that might arise from the Nov. 3 election between President Donald Trump, the man who nominated her, and Democrat Joe Biden. More generally, she said she admires the conservative late Justice Antonin Scalia, but “you would be getting Justice Barrett.” On the second day of her hearings, the mood shifted to a more confrontational tone at the Senate Judiciary Committee.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett says she doesn’t consider the high court’s Roe v. Wade decision on abortion a “super-precedent” that can’t be overruled. Barrett says the court’s 1973 ruling that affirmed the right to abortion isn’t in the same category as the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling, which declared segregated public schools unconstitutional. She says no one talks about overturning the Brown decision. But she says all the questions she’s gotten in her confirmation hearing Tuesday about her views of abortion “indicates Roe doesn’t fall in that category.” She says it’s “not a case that’s universally accepted.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett invoked Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in refusing to discuss her view of gay rights and the Constitution. Barrett told her confirmation hearing Tuesday that the late justice concisely observed that nominees should give “no hints, no previews, no forecasts” of how she might rule. But Ginsburg spoke openly on a range of hotly debated issues, including abortion, that went well beyond the rule that bears her name. In 1993, shortly before the Senate voted 96-3 to confirm her, Ginsburg said: “The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her well-being and dignity. It is a decision she must make for herself.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — At her confirmation hearing, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has declared that Americans deserve an independent Supreme Court that interprets the Constitution and laws “as they are written.” That statement encapsulates her conservative approach that has Republicans excited about the prospect of her taking the place of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Election Day. Barrett spoke Monday about her judicial philosophy, her experience and her large family at the end of the first day of her fast-tracked confirmation hearings. Senate Democrats are trying to use the hearings to brand her a threat to Americans’ health care during the coronavirus pandemic. Barring a dramatic development, Republicans appear to have the votes to confirm her.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee has wrapped up the first of four days of planned Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham told lawmakers at the conclusion of an approximately five-hour hearing Monday to get some rest because there are long days ahead. On Monday, Democratic and Republican members of the committee gave opening statements, as did Barrett. She will begin answering questions from lawmakers Tuesday. Graham acknowledged the obvious at one point: “This is going to be a long, contentious week.”
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