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After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 19 children from one orphanage were flown to the U.S. to be adopted by American families. One would later meet President Trump. When a [...]

Byline: Jack Rakove Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a self-avowed originalist and textualist. Like most conservative jurists, she praises these modes of constitutional interpretation as effective constraints on judicial discretion. [...]

Byline: Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The prospect of a Supreme Court with a 6-3 conservative majority came one step closer to reality Thursday as the Senate Judiciary Committee [...]

Byline: Seung Min Kim WASHINGTON - A top abortion rights group heavily involved in the efforts to defeat Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court is calling for the [...]

Byline: Jennifer Rubin For Print Use Only. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in keeping with his might-makes-right operation of the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney [...]

The Supreme Court nominee would not say whether the president could pardon himself or delay the election, but she displayed a sure command of the law. WASHINGTON -- Over two [...]

The Senate Judiciary Committee lined up a vote for Oct. 22 on Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court, as Democrats warned Republicans would rue the day. Senate [...]

Judge Amy Coney Barrett refused to answer numerous questions, but it was her avoidance of acknowledging climate change that particularly resonated. During two grueling days of questioning over her Supreme [...]

Byline: Paige Winfield Cunningham Judge Amy Coney Barrett has already voted to knock down Obamacare's individual mandate but keep the rest of the health-care law intact. It was at a [...]

In Amy Coney Barrett, Republicans are once again backing a Supreme Court nominee who could take us backward. Amy Coney Barrett has been following recent precedent in her confirmation hearing [...]

Her measured performance reflects the way many Democrats view the battle for the Supreme Court: a fight they will lose in service of one they might win. The line was [...]

Under questioning by senators, Judge Amy Coney Barrett carefully avoided staking out positions on most issues, but hinted that she wouldn't necessarily support overturning the Affordable Care Act. Judge Amy [...]

Warnings from Democrats that Republicans and their Supreme Court nominee threaten the Affordable Care Act elicited reassuring words from both Senator Lindsey Graham and Judge Amy Coney Barrett. WASHINGTON -- [...]

In the pageantry of the Senate confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nominee, image becomes evidence. Almost as soon as Judge Amy Coney Barrett stepped onto the public stage at [...]

Byline: Robert Barnes, Seung Min Kim and Ann E. Marimow WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans predicted clear sailing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as she concluded her confirmation testimony [...]

Byline: Editorial Board For Print Use Only. The following editorial appeared in The Washington Post: - - - Judge Amy Coney Barrett has attracted outrage for some of her answers [...]

Byline: Derek Hawkins, Seung Min Kim and Karoun Demirjian WASHINGTON - Judge Amy Coney Barrett faced the final day of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday as Republicans [...]

After nearly 12 hours of questioning on Tuesday, many anticipated topics have been covered at some length, and senators may begin to shift gears. During the first round of questioning [...]

Democrats pressed Judge Amy Coney Barrett more with the election in mind than out of any hope of derailing her rise to the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON -- The outcome of [...]

Judge Amy Coney Barrett demonstrated easy familiarity with Supreme Court precedents but said almost nothing about whether they should stand. WASHINGTON -- In 1995, Justice Elena Kagan, then a young [...]

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee refused to weigh in on critical matters that could come before the court, including health care, abortion rights and a possible election dispute. Judge Amy [...]

Byline: Aaron Blake WASHINGTON - The Q&A portion of Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing began Tuesday and went about like you'd expect. Democrats peppered her with inquiries that [...]

Byline: Amber Phillips Senators on the Judiciary Committee are asking questions on Tuesday of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. Here are our takeaways from the early rounds [...]

Byline: Tom Hamburger WASHINGTON - As the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett proceed this week, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pushing the Supreme Court nominee to answer [...]

As the Senate begins hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, some liberals say expanding the size of the Supreme Court would be a fitting response to recent Republican moves in [...]

On the first day of the election-season confirmation hearings, Democrats portrayed Judge Amy Coney Barrett as a threat to Americans' health care coverage as Republicans charged anti-Catholic bias. Republicans and [...]

Byline: Christal Hayes, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Though Amy Coney Barrett appears to have the support in the Senate to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, her hearings this week [...]

Byline: Amber Phillips Monday marked the first of several days of Senate hearings on President Donald Trump's nominee to the vacant Supreme Court seat, Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Senators gave [...]

Byline: Jennifer Rubin For Print Use Only. The first day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett summed up the essence of the two parties: Republican senators played [...]

Though a junior member of the panel, the vice-presidential contender will draw heightened scrutiny as the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination. WASHINGTON -- Just seconds [...]

Democrats will portray President Trump's Supreme Court nominee as an ideologue, while Republicans will paint her as an accomplished working mother. The Senate on Monday will dive into an extraordinary [...]

Byline: Adam J. White For Print Use Only. Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett begin Monday - a good thing, after Republicans, in their haste, [...]

Byline: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow WASHINGTON - Judge Amy Coney Barrett acknowledges that the decision she considers most significant in her relatively short time as a judge 'sounds [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., went viral twice when she questioned Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at his volatile confirmation hearing two years ago. She scored a hit [...]

Ms. Feinstein, 87, has slowed in recent years and limited her public profile, leading some Democrats to wonder if she can lead them through a consequential confirmation process. When Senator [...]

Byline: Hugh Hewitt For Print Use Only. The Supreme Court will be on center stage Monday with the start of Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. The court [...]

Senate Democrats forced a mostly symbolic vote on the Affordable Care Act, previewing their strategy of making the Supreme Court confirmation fight a referendum on health care, a top voter [...]

Byline: Colby Itkowitz WASHINGTON - Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, added her name to a local newspaper advertisement in 2006 that decried the 'barbaric [...]

The White House formally sent Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination to the Senate, officially starting what is expected to be an uncommonly fast sprint to confirmation before Election [...]

The confirmation process cranked into motion on Capitol Hill as the Senate Judiciary Committee began scrubbing Judge Amy Coney Barrett's background. WASHINGTON -- The confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett [...]

Byline: Nicholas Wu and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY If the process for Amy Coney Barrett looks anything like it did for previous Supreme Court nominees, there will be four days [...]

Byline: Christal Hayes, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The Senate may vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court just days before Election Day, according to a key Republican [...]

Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security, defended his record at a Senate confirmation hearing and flatly denied he suppressed intelligence that could have embarrassed President Trump. WASHINGTON -- [...]

Byline: Richard Wolf, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday evening, giving President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans a rare opportunity to solidify conservative [...]

The rules and partisan breakdown of the Senate make it possible for Republicans to swiftly confirm President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. Here's how. WASHINGTON -- Hours after the Supreme Court [...]

Byline: Rachel Siegel WASHINGTON - A Republican senator on Tuesday said conservative economist Judy Shelton does not have the votes in the Senate to be confirmed to a seat on [...]

Byline: Eric Yoder WASHINGTON - At his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, John Gibbs, the nominee to head the federal Office of Personnel Management, received few questions about his views on [...]