'We can slow it down, perhaps a matter of hours, maybe days at the most. But we can't stop the outcome,' Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin conceded on Sunday when talking about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court.
"Which precedent do you really believe in?" Booker asked."Because you can't say one thing and then do another. Barack Obama was putting up a nominee 269 days before an election and now we see Donald Trump doing it while people are voting in the midst of an election.
Senate Judiciary Committee member John Kennedy, R-La., also defended the decision to proceed with Barrett's nomination, tellingthat the Constitution's provisions on Supreme Court vacancies are"unaffected by the electoral calendar." "When the Democrats are in charge of the process, they do what they think is right, consistent with the Constitution," Kennedy said."When the Republicans are in charge of the process, they do what they think is right."
He added:"We have a Republican president. We have a Republican Senate. If the shoe were on the other foot, I can assure you Sen. [Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer would do what the Republicans are doing right now."
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