Amy Coney Barrett won't answer Feinstein's questions about whether she thinks Roe was wrongly decided
"She has family members with preexisting conditions" is the new "I have black friends"
FEINSTEIN: Does the Constitution give POTUS authority to unilaterally delay an election under any circumstances?

CONEY BARRETT: "If that question ever came before me, I'd need to hear arguments from the litigants & read briefs... I don't think we want judges to be legal pundits"
Lindsey Graham has jokes about golfing with Trump and their discussions about killing people
Durbin to his Republican colleagues: "This notion that this whole idea of your being used [by Trump] for political purposes is a Democratic creation -- read the tweets!"
Durbin grills Coney Barrett on the implications of her dissent in a case that would allow felons who haven't committed violent crimes to possess guns
Durbin: "When the 2nd amend was written [we] were talking about the likelihood of a person purchasing a muzzleloading musket. We're now talking about virtual military weapons..maybe an originalist pins all their thinking to that musket, but I have to bring it to the 21st century"
Durbin notes that the implications of Coney Barrett's views seems to be that people have more of a right to possess firearms than they do to vote
Whitehouse: "This, more and more, looks like it's not three schemes -- but it's one scheme. With the same funders selecting judges, funding campaigns for the judges, & then showing up in court in these orchestrated amicus flotillas to tell the judges what to do."
Whitehouse: "The Republican party platform tells us to look at how they want judges to rule to reverse Roe, to reverse Obamacare cases, and to reverse Obergefell and take away gay marriage. That is their stated objective and plan. Why not take them at their word?"
Whitehouse: "Something is not right around the Court. And dark money has a lot to do with it. Special interests have a lot to do with it."
Klobuchar has printed out one of Trump's tweets
Under questioning from Amy Klobuchar, Amy Coney Barrett refuses to acknowledge the fact that voter intimidation is illegal
Here's Coney Barrett saying she does not believe that Roe v. Wade meets the criteria for "super precedent"
my eyes just rolled out of my head
Under questioning from Chris Coons, Amy Coney Barrett refuses to commit herself to recusing from 2020 election-related cases (Trump has publicly said he thinks seating her is important in case an election-related case comes before SCOTUS)
Amy Coney Barrett: "I am not here on a mission to destroy the Affordable Care Act."
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