The hearings to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court are set to begin this coming Monday. Yes, the election is less than four weeks away. Yes, people have already started voting; and yes, the Republican-controlled Senate refused to give Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, a hearing with over 200 days to go to the election. And yet, still, Barrett’s hearings are scheduled to begin on Monday.
Democratic Senators are expected to participate in the process, not reject it outright. They are also likely to focus on healthcare, since the Supreme Court could rule this autumn whether to kill the Affordable Care Act, and Barrett previously said that she disagreed with a decision by Chief Justice John Roberts to let the Act live another day. Many American voters support keeping the Affordable Care Act, but also support letting the next president fill the seat.
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