Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court

Oct. 26, 2020

The AFL-CIO opposed the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for associate justice for the Supreme Court. The speed with which Judge Barrett’s nomination was processed was offensive and violated any sense of fairness and non-partisanship, which should be the hallmark of filling a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Despite having refused to consider President Obama’s nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, for more than nine months until after the 2016 election, Mitch McConnell, who was then the Senate majority leader, rushed Barrett’s confirmation through in record time when the American people were already voting in large numbers in the 2020 presidential election. Coney Barrett’s nomination was confirmed on Oct. 26, 2020.

Legislative Alert

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 52
NAYs: 48

Legislator Sort descending State Party Vote
Sen. Lamar Alexander
TN
Republican Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat No
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
Republican Yes
Sen. Michael Bennet
CO
Democrat No
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
TN
Republican Yes
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
Democrat No
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
Republican Yes
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. John Boozman
AR
Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Braun
IN
Republican Yes
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat No
Sen. Richard M. Burr
NC
Republican Yes
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat No
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
Republican Yes
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat No
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
Democrat No
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
Republican Yes
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
Republican No
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
Democrat No