"The first nominee on Trump's shortlist that Dems are going after by name..."

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The first nominee on Trump's shortlist that Dems are going after by name

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Amy Coney Barrett is a judge on the Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit & on @realDonaldTrump’s pre-approved list for SCOTUS. She passed his “litmus test” on overturning Roe v. Wade & striking down the ACA. Here’s where she stands on Americans' big issues:

8:33 AM - 2 Jul 2018

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Three Dems voted in favor of Barrett — Donnelly, Kaine, Manchin. Interestingly, Heitkamp was a no. (Collins and Murkowski voted for her)

8:41 AM - 2 Jul 2018

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[a kennedy]

1. Kaine, as in VP potential Tim Kaine??

[Miles Archer]

2. Kaine, as in VP potential Tim Kaine

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00255

Vote Summary
Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit )
Vote Number: 255 Vote Date: October 31, 2017, 04:01 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number: PN369
Nomination Description: Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit
Vote Counts: YEAs55
NAYs43
Not Voting2

Alphabetical by Senator Name
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Baldwin (D-WI), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Nay
Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Booker (D-NJ), Nay
Boozman (R-AR), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
Capito (R-WV), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Nay
Carper (D-DE), Nay
Casey (D-PA), Nay
Cassidy (R-LA), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Nay
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Cortez Masto (D-NV), Nay
Cotton (R-AR), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Daines (R-MT), Yea
Donnelly (D-IN), Yea
Duckworth (D-IL), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Ernst (R-IA), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Fischer (R-NE), Yea
Flake (R-AZ), Yea
Franken (D-MN), Nay
Gardner (R-CO), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Harris (D-CA), Nay
Hassan (D-NH), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Heinrich (D-NM), Nay
Heitkamp (D-ND), Nay
Heller (R-NV), Yea
Hirono (D-HI), Nay
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Kaine (D-VA), Yea
Kennedy (R-LA), Yea
King (I-ME), Nay
Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Lankford (R-OK), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Lee (R-UT), Yea
Manchin (D-WV), Yea
Markey (D-MA), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Not Voting
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Not Voting
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Moran (R-KS), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murphy (D-CT), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Paul (R-KY), Yea
Perdue (R-GA), Yea
Peters (D-MI), Nay
Portman (R-OH), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Rounds (R-SD), Yea
Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Sasse (R-NE), Yea
Schatz (D-HI), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Nay
Scott (R-SC), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Strange (R-AL), Yea
Sullivan (R-AK), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tillis (R-NC), Yea
Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Nay
Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Nay
Warren (D-MA), Nay
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Young (R-IN), Yea

[FBaggins]

3. If it's really down to her and Brett Kavanaugh, then we're in trouble

I think that means they've settled on her. There's room to "Bork" Kavanaugh (at least theoretically), but she's almost immune to attack at this point because the Senate just confirmed her in October. What would Donnelly's excuse be for supporting her and then flip-flopping right before the election? We might as well give up on his Senate seat if he has to vote against her.

She's intelligent, qualified, well-spoken. A young/attractive mother of seven... but also ridiculously far right and clerked for Scalia. I had been hoping that her selection for the appellate slot took her off the list for the big step.

[AlexSFCA]

4. a woman will be overturning roe v wade. tragic

who knew that handmaid’s tale was not a fiction but prophecy...

[FBaggins]

5. I would disagree with almost anyone else on "the list" - but you may be right

I think that Roberts cares enough about precedent that we wouldn't see it overturned outright - just "slippery-slope" rulings for several years on incremental measures. But she might be able to pull him over with her, and I don't see any of the other conservatives wavering.

[AlexSFCA]

8. here is what Roberts said about roe v wade

Roe v. Wade is more than settled as precedent

SEN. SPECTER [as read into the record by Sen. Feinstein]: “Judge Roberts, in your confirmation hearing for the circuit court you testified: ‘Roe is the settled law of the land.’ Do you mean settled for you, settled only for your capacity as a circuit judge, or settled beyond that?”
ROBERTS: “Well, beyond that. It’s settled as a precedent of the court, entitled to respect under principles of stare decisis. And those principles, applied in the Casey case, explain when cases should be revisited and when they should not. And it is settled as a precedent of the court, yes.“
SPECTER: ”You went on to say then, ‘It’s a little more than settled. It was reaffirmed in the face of a challenge that it should be overruled in the Casey decision, so it has added precedental value.’“
ROBERTS: ”I think the initial question for the judge confronting an issue in this area, you don’t go straight to the Roe decision. You begin with Casey, which modified the Roe framework and reaffirmed its central holding.“

In his confirmation hearing in 2003 to the appeals court, when asked about abortion, Roberts said that the Supreme Court was clear on the matter, and he could uphold it: “Roe v. Wade is the settled law of the land,” he said. “There’s nothing in my personal views that would prevent me from fully and faithfully applying that precedent.” Whether as a member of the court he would try to change that law remains to be seen.

However, in 1990 he said that Roe v Wade was wrongly decided with no basis in constitution and should be overturned.

[Nevilledog]

6. Seven kids.

Good indication of her views on birth control.

[FBaggins]

7. She's Catholic and reportedly takes her faith seriously

That's probably an even better indication.

And that's fine for her own life. More power to her.

The question is whether or not she feels that a judge can/should impose her personal views on the issue onto everyone else absent a legal basis.

[Skidmore]

9. Trump will enjoy the theater

of Democrats going after a woman over this issue. He'll hand Republicans an optic of a woman in power fighting for regressive policies. Almost as good as The Apprentice, only fraught with danger and adoring crowds throwing bouquets and laurels.