Democrats put Obamacare center stage in Supreme Court fight
"This is about your health care," former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, said Sunday of the Supreme Court vacancy.
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"This is about your health care," former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, said Sunday of the Supreme Court vacancy.
The president at that time continued to publicly assert he was weighing up to five candidates and had yet to make his decision.
Barrett is expected to meet with several Republican senators on Tuesday ahead of her confirmation hearings next month.
On CBS' "Face the Nation," Democratic Senator Chris Coons told moderator Margaret Brennan he will ask Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett about statements she's made about rulings on the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Joel Payne, a CBS News political contributor and a Democratic strategist, and CBS News political analyst Leslie Sanchez joined CBSN to discuss.
President Trump on Saturday announced that he would be nominating Judge Amy Comey Barrett to the Supreme Court. "I love the U.S. Constitution and will be mindful of those who came before me," Barrett said.
With President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court, CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford explains the president's decision and how her nomination can play out in the coming days.
Republicans are pushing for a swift confirmation for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. The fight over Ruth Bader Ginsburg's vacated seat has also become a fight over the Affordable Care Act, which the Supreme Court is set to review shortly after the election. Nikole Killion reports.
President Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the seat of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sparking conversations about what Barrett's potential confirmation could mean for cases involving certain issues. Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute, joined CBSN to discuss.
President Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. The White House is trying to have Barrett confirmed before Election Day. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry reports on Barrett's nomination, and CBS News correspondent Nikole Killion joined CBSN to discuss.
President Trump has announced his nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a tentative schedule to begin Amy Coney Barrett's hearing confirmation on October 12. CBS News correspondent Nikole Killion joins CBSN to discuss the latest.
Biden said Mr. Trump and Republicans believe "they've found a loophole in the tragedy of Justice Ginsburg's death."
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Sunday called on the Senate to reject President Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, zeroing in on an upcoming challenge to the Affordable Care Act to accuse Republicans of trying to exploit a "loophole" to strike down the law. Watch his remarks.
Democratic Senator Chris Coons, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he'll question Amy Coney Barrett about previous comments questioning rulings upholding the Affordable Care Act.
Meadows said the White House will begin delivering information to Capitol Hill on Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Monday.
The following is a transcript of an interview with former White House Counsel Don McGahn that aired Sunday, September 27, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
Former White House counsel Don McGahn says the president's record on judicial nominations and the economy means he deserves four more years in office.
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows says the actual timing for a vote on naming Amy Coney Barrett to the high court will be "up to Leader McConnell."
The following is a transcript of an interview with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that aired Sunday, September 27, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
Today on "Face the Nation," the countdown to election day continues and a political fight over President Trump's Supreme Court nominee begins.
On Saturday President Donald Trump officially announced federal judge Amy Coney Barrett to be his nominee for the nation's highest court, to fill the seat left open by the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Correspondent Rita Braver reports.
President Trump announced on Saturday that he is nominating appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Mr. Trump said he wants his nominee confirmed by the Senate before Election Day, in case the Supreme Court is called upon to decide the election. Nikole Killion has more.
Barrett said Ginsburg "not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them."
Four years ago on the campaign trail, then-candidate Donald Trump pledged that if he were elected, only "pro-life" justices would get his nomination for a seat on the Supreme Court.
Senate Judiciary chair Lindsey Graham announced late Saturday that confirmation hearings would begin on October 12.
President Trump on Saturday announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee for the Supreme Court