by Nomad
Today is the first day of the Senate Judiciary Committee Confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Barrett is an American attorney, jurist, and academic who serves as a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
CNN has called her "a proven conservative with a compelling personal story."
Barrett, the mother of seven children and a former law clerk to the late right-wing beacon Justice Antonin Scalia, Barrett, now 48, was a finalist for the Supreme Court spot that went to Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.
Democrats who are in the minority in the Senate allege Barrett's ultra-conservative views on such issues as abortion, same-sex marriage will disrupt the ideological balance of the high court.
