Pete Buttigieg says in nominating Amy Coney Barrett, Republicans 'seem to be wanting to put marriage equality back on the table.'
"I've made no commitment to anyone, not in this Senate, not over at the White House, about how I would decide any case," said Barrett.Barrett, who would replace the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, said Tuesday that she shared the same judicial philosophy as the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who she clerked for in the 1990s and pioneered the practice of adhering to legal text and the original intentions of those who drafted the Constitution.
Senator repeatedly presses Amy Coney Barrett on Roe v. Wade 04:37"I will obey all the rules of stare decisis," she later added, referring to the principle of adhering to past cases.After posing a series of questions on the Supreme Court's abortion rulings, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the panel's top Democrat, said it was"distressing not to get a straight answer" from Barrett.
'No notes!' Bash weighs in on moment that drew laughter 01:04Republicans push back against Democrats on ObamacareJudiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham used his opening statement to defend the Republicans' opposition to Obamacare, a day after Democrats highlighted their constituents' reliance on the law for their health insurance.
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