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Washington (AFP) - The US Senate confirmed conservative jurist Amy Coney Barrett as the Supreme Court's newest justice Monday, delivering President Donald Trump a landmark win just eight days before the election.The deeply divided chamber voted 52 to 48, largely along party lines in the Republican-controlled Senate, making Barrett the third Trump nominee to reach the high court and cementing a six-to-three conservative majority.Republican lawmakers broke into applause as the tally was read out, and the White House is also expected to celebrate the confirmation in the final run-up to the Novemb...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Senate began final debate Friday on conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to join the Supreme Court, with her all-but-certain confirmation to give President Donald Trump a key victory ahead of the November 3 election.Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell extolled Barrett's credentials to fill the vacant ninth seat on the high court, while dismissing Democrats' complaints that he and Trump had jettisoned unwritten rules against naming a new justice so close to an election."This outstanding nominee is exceptionally suited to this job," McConnell said on the Senate flo...
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Washington (AFP) - The Senate Judiciary Committee pushed through US President Donald Trump's conservative pick for the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, Thursday as Democrats boycotted the vote saying it was too close to the November 3 election.The unanimous vote, with all Democrats absent, sets the stage for full Senate approval at the beginning of next week on Barrett, who will tilt the high court firmly to the right.On Wednesday Democrats labelled the nomination process a "sham" that broke former Republican promises to never vote on a Supreme Court nominee so close to a presidential electio...
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Washington (AFP) - Senate confirmation of US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett appeared certain Thursday after four days of hearings that changed no minds and left her majority Republican support intact.The Senate Judiciary Committee hashed through her testimony on her deeply conservative record and views on hot-button issues like abortion and the soon-to-be reviewed Affordable Care act, with the two parties still in fundamental disagreement.Democratic senators made last-minute pitches to Republican colleagues to honor their promises of four years ago not to seat...
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