Sen. Whitehouse: "When you're on the court I hope you will conduct yourself ... in such a way that no lawyer goes into an argument in the United States Supreme Court feeling that the case is set against them and there's nothing to be done."
Sen. Feinstein: "Do you agree with originalists who say that the Medicare program is unconstitutional?"
Judge Barrett: "I can't answer that question in the abstract."
Sen. Coons says he is voting against US Supreme Court nominee Judge Barrett's confirmation:
"My core concern here, your honor, is that your confirmation may launch a new chapter of conservative judicial activism, unlike anything we've seen in decades."
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.@NBCJoshua: America's Covid-19 mask crisis reveals deadly consequences of a nation without honor.
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"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."
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.