#Barrett is back in her seat after 11 hours of questioning yesterday. Same format today: all 22 senators get 30 mins to question the judge, plus we may see another round of 10mins after. 
Graham: “I’m highly confident that you will judge every American based on their case, not the law of Amy.”
Graham backs up Barrett's take yesterday that Roe is not "super-precedent."
Feinstein: "The Medicare program is really sacrosanct in this country."
Feinstein asks Barrett if she shares Scalia's take that the Voting Rights Act is a “perpetuation of racial entitlement."
"I can't express a view on Shelby County" was Barrett's out.
"I can't express a view on Shelby County" was Barrett's out.
Grassley says he's a co-sponsor of Durbin's bill to allow cameras in the Supreme Court.
"What are your views on allowing cameras in the courtroom?"
"What are your views on allowing cameras in the courtroom?"
Barrett says she would keep an open mind on cameras in SCOTUS.
Leahy says that aprx 1,600 polling places have been closed since the Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder and is now holding up a picture of voters waiting in line, adds press reported today that voters may wait 10 hours to vote early.
Leahy alluding to Scalia's comment that the Voting Rights Act was a “perpetuation of racial entitlement” says "this is not entitlement. This is turning our back on democracy."
Leahy asks Barrett if she thinks Trump can pardon himself.
Barrett dodges the question saying that it is an issue that has never been litigated, requires a legal analysis on the scope of presidential power and is "not one on which I can offer a view."
Barrett dodges the question saying that it is an issue that has never been litigated, requires a legal analysis on the scope of presidential power and is "not one on which I can offer a view."
"That strains originalism," Durbin says when Barrett ducks a question on Trump's ability to delay the election.
Barrett hits back that it would strain the canons of judicial conduct because she can't offer opinions outside the legal process.
Barrett hits back that it would strain the canons of judicial conduct because she can't offer opinions outside the legal process.
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