"I have a life brimming with people who've made different choices, and I've never tried in my personal life to impose my choices on them," Judge Barrett says.
"The same is true professionally. I mean I applied the law."
Sen. Durbin to Judge Barrett: "We don't want any activist judges, we want judges who are gonna go back to the original document literally take it word for word, put it in historical context and don't get in the way of making laws."
Sen. Durbin: What impact did the George Floyd video have on you?
Judge Barrett: "As you might imagine, given that I have two Black children, that was very, very personal for my family."
@HayesBrown: Amy Coney Barrett says she's all about honoring the Constitution and its historical reading. So why does she ignore so much history in the process? on.msnbc.com/3jXYKLF
.@AliVelshi: With President Donald Trump failing to distance himself from racists, white nationalists and conspiracy theorists, the lines between a militant fantasy and reality are getting awful blurry. on.msnbc.com/3drqeGZ
.@NBCJoshua: America's Covid-19 mask crisis reveals deadly consequences of a nation without honor.
The ugliness exposed by the pandemic is getting people hospitalized, threatened with kidnapping and even killed. on.msnbc.com/3j6m4pr
Senate Judiciary Cmte. Chairman Graham at Judge Barrett's confirmation hearing: "I think I know how the vote’s gonna come out, but I think Judge Barrett is required for the good of the nation to submit to your questions and ours. This is gonna be a long, contentious week."
BREAKING: President Trump says he won't participate in the 2nd presidential debate after the CPD announced that the debate would take place virtually in the wake of the president's Covid-19 diagnosis. on.msnbc.com/3nwaqHy
Joe Biden "looks forward to speaking directly to the American people and comparing his plan for bringing the country together," his campaign says after the CPD announces that the debate will be virtual, and President Trump says he won't participate.
"The safety of all involved can easily be achieved without canceling a chance for voters to see both candidates go head to head," Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien, who has also tested positive for coronavirus, says of CPD to hold virtual debate.
@SRuhle Speaker Pelosi to @SRuhle: We receive news of the president's and First Lady's diagnoses with sadness, and I always pray for the president and his family that they are safe.
@SRuhle Speaker Pelosi: Maybe now that they see the president, with all the protection that he has, still having this exposure, it might be a learning experience. But it has to be something that is acted upon. This is tragic, but going into crowds was sort of brazen invitation for this.