#North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis tests positive for COVID-19

#North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis tests positive for COVID-19

“#North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis tests positive for COVID-19” A second Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee has tested positive for the coronavirus, potentially complicating the confirmation process for Amy Coney Barrett,  President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis announced Friday night that he has tested positive, hours after Utah Sen….

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#The disgusting war on Amy Coney Barrett’s family

#The disgusting war on Amy Coney Barrett’s family

“#The disgusting war on Amy Coney Barrett’s family” Even by the dismal standards of Supreme Court nomination battles when the would-be Supreme is a ­Republican, the attacks against Amy Coney Barrett have been ­repulsive. Perhaps because Barrett’s record is so impeccable — even her liberal peers laud her intelligence and integrity — the smears have…

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#Amy Coney Barrett has a fine record on civil liberties

#Amy Coney Barrett has a fine record on civil liberties

“#Amy Coney Barrett has a fine record on civil liberties” Democrats worry that Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, an originalist and textualist who clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia in the late 1990s, will emulate him if confirmed by the Senate. We could do a lot worse. Although progressives often portrayed Scalia as an authoritarian…

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#Trump’s pick to replace RBG is no judicial radical

#Trump’s pick to replace RBG is no judicial radical

“#Trump’s pick to replace RBG is no judicial radical” Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a distinguished scholar whose judicial philosophy balances a commitment to originalism with a respect for precedent. Dire predictions circulate about the consequences of adding another conservative-leaning justice to the Supreme Court, but Barrett’s record suggests that she will do credit to…

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#Authoritarian threat in America now is from the left

#Authoritarian threat in America now is from the left

“#Authoritarian threat in America now is from the left” Left-wing hysterics with major media platforms have for years been shrieking that President Trump is about to install a fascist dictatorship any minute. Meanwhile, unheard immigrants from the Soviet bloc warn that totalitarian tyranny is actually emerging from the left — and Americans are too naive…

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#A liberal result from Amy Coney Barrett and other commentary

#A liberal result from Amy Coney Barrett and other commentary

“#A liberal result from Amy Coney Barrett and other commentary” Libertarian: A Liberal Result from ACB The New York Times’ Adam Liptak and others cite Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s opinion in John Doe v. Purdue University as evidence of her “almost uniformly conservative voting record” — absurdly, Jacob Sullum explains at Reason. A female student…

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