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Thursday, October 22, 2020

US Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Trump's SCOTUS Pick

FILE PHOTO: Judge Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. President Donald Trump's Nominee for Supreme Court, gestures during a photo before a meeting with Senator Roy Blunt (R-Mo) on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, U.S. October 21, 2020

US Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Trump's SCOTUS Pick Amy Coney Barrett as Dems Boycott Vote

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The GOP-dominated Senate in the US is expected to hold a final vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination as a new conservative justice on 26 October.

The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday voted 12-0 to advance Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to the full Senate as Democrats boycotted the session.

Democratic senators refused to show up at the vote in protest against the rush to accept Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination for the Supreme Court seat left vacant by liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on 18 September at the age of 87. Instead of attending, Democrats filled their seats in the chamber with pictures of people impacted by the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. The Supreme Court is due to hear arguments in a case involving Obamacare on 10 November.

US President Donald Trump has commented on the matter on Twitter, saying it is a "big day for America".

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