#Why Judge Amy Coney Barrett is the opposite of an extremist

#Why Judge Amy Coney Barrett is the opposite of an extremist

“#Why Judge Amy Coney Barrett is the opposite of an extremist” The Democrats are furious — and terrified — that the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett would “move the high court in a far more aggressively conservative direction,” as NPR’s Nina Totenberg put it, but that characterization is neither correct nor entirely honest. Barrett…

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#Democrats’ court-packing dreams are ‘utterly dangerous’

#Democrats’ court-packing dreams are ‘utterly dangerous’

“#Democrats’ court-packing dreams are ‘utterly dangerous’” Joe Biden says, “You’ll know my opinion on court-packing when the election is over.” To this point, Biden hasn’t offered any position on court-packing, one of the gravest threats to the constitutional order in modern American history. Whether he is too scared of offending a significant faction of his…

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#Infected senator vows ‘moon suit’ to vote Trump’s court pick

#Infected senator vows ‘moon suit’ to vote Trump’s court pick

“#Infected senator vows ‘moon suit’ to vote Trump’s court pick” WASHINGTON — Shuttered by COVID-19 infections, the Republican-led Senate is refusing to delay confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court. They are even willing to make special arrangements so sick senators can vote for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, and Democrats appear powerless…

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#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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#Trump doesn’t back supremacists and other commentary

#Trump doesn’t back supremacists and other commentary

“#Trump doesn’t back supremacists and other commentary” Media critic: Trump Doesn’t Back Supremacists If you believe the left-wing media, President Trump made it clear “he was on the side of the neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan and the Proud Boys” at the presidential debate, observes Jonathan Tobin for The New York Sun. In fact, “Trump…

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#Biden’s Supreme cop-out and other commentary

#Biden’s Supreme cop-out and other commentary

“#Biden’s Supreme cop-out and other commentary” From the right: Biden’s Supreme Cop-Out At Tuesday’s debate, Joe Biden refused to say if he backed expanding the Supreme Court and packing it with Democrats, note the editors of National Review. “Whatever position I take,” dodged Biden, “that will become the issue.” It was “nothing short of remarkable.”…

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