| Amy Coney Barrett Supreme Court nomination | |
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.jpg) President Trump with Amy Coney Barrett and her family just prior to Barrett being announced as his nominee to the Supreme Court (September 26, 2020) | |
| Nominee | Amy Coney Barrett |
| Nominated by | Donald Trump (president of the United States) |
| Succeeding | Ruth Bader Ginsburg (associate justice) |
| Date nominated | September 26, 2020 |
| Date confirmed | October 26, 2020 |
| Outcome | Approved by the U.S. Senate |
| Vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee | |
| Votes in favor | 12 |
| Votes against | 0 |
| Not voting | 10 |
| Result | Reported favorably |
| Senate cloture vote | |
| Votes in favor | 51 |
| Votes against | 48 |
| Not voting | 1 |
| Result | Cloture invoked |
| Senate confirmation vote | |
| Votes in favor | 52 |
| Votes against | 48 |
| Result | Confirmed |
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On September 26, 2020, President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to fill in the vacancy left by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At the time of her nomination, Barrett was a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago, Illinois. The Senate received word from the president (when a Supreme Court nomination becomes official) on September 29.[1]
On October 26, the Senate voted to confirm Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court, with 52 of 53 Republicans voting in favor, while Susan Collins and all 47 Democrats voted against; Barrett took the judicial oath on October 27.[2] Democrats rebuked Republicans and accused them of hypocrisy, stating that they had violated their own interpretation of the Biden rule, which they set in 2016 when they refused to consider then-President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland more than nine months before the end of his term.[3] The 35 days between the nomination and the 2020 presidential election marked the shortest period of time between a nomination to the Supreme Court and a presidential election in U.S. history.[4][note 1]
- ^ "Supreme Court Nominations (1789-Present)". senate.gov. United States Senate. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- ^ Mascaro, Lisa (October 26, 2020). "Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote". Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ Fandos, Nicholas (October 26, 2020). "The Senate confirms Barrett on a nearly party-line vote, delivering a win to Trump that tips the Supreme Court to the right". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ^ Baker, Peter; Haberman, Maggie (September 25, 2020). "Trump selects Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ginsburg's seat on the Supreme Court". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
- ^ Trickey, Erick (March 20, 2017). "The History of 'Stolen' Supreme Court Seats". Smithsonian Magazine. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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