WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney Barrett has taken the first of two oaths she needs to officially join the Supreme Court.
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The Senate confirmed Barrett’s nomination on a largely party line 52-48 vote shortly before Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to Barrett at an outdoor White House ceremony.
Barrett is the first Supreme Court justice to be confirmed so close to a presidential election.
A conservative, Barrett fills the vacancy created by the September death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who led the court’s liberal voting bloc.
Chief Justice John Roberts is set to administer a second oath — known as the judicial oath — to the former federal appeals court judge at a private ceremony at the court on Tuesday.
The 48-year-old Louisiana native will then be able to take part in the high court’s work. Her addition likely will solidify a 6-3 conservative shift on the nation’s highest court.
BREAKING: Amy Coney Barrett takes part in swearing-in ceremony at the White House after being confirmed to the Supreme Court. https://t.co/YBGFKflnxB pic.twitter.com/9T8OBu6T6F
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) October 27, 2020
Confirmed and sworn in on Hillary’s birthday, no better birthday presisent for the machashefa.
An other nail in coffin of lefties
I am happy to have a good decent replacement to super liberal Ginsberg. I wish her many good years on the bench!
Her catholic group she belongs to believes Jews are satanists. Judging by the behavior of the Marine Park circus, they might be right…