U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will appear for confirmation hearings in Washington, D.C. on October 12, 2020. The hearings will last four days. During that time, she will deliver an opening statement, answer questions from Senators and listen to witness testimony.
Barrett’s hearings will be tense and fall along party lines. Barrett is preparing to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who asked for her seat not to be filled until after the election. However, President Donald Trump pushed forward with Barrett’s nomination and it has caused Republicans and Democrats to debate the decision to do so.
“The nominee will be challenged, and that’s appropriate to challenge the nominee, but if they treat Judge Barrett like they did Justice Kavanaugh it’s going to blow up in [Democrats’] face big time,” Senator Lindsey Graham said.
In protest of the expedited nomination, Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of the Judiciary Committee has decided not to meet with Trump’s nominee.
“I will refuse to treat this process as legitimate and will not meet with Judge Amy Coney Barrett,” he stated.
If confirmed, Barrett would be the second justice appointed to the nation’s highest court by Trump.