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 State Party Sort descending Vote
Sen. Christopher A. Coons
DE
Democrat No
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
MN
Democrat No
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
Democrat No
Sen. Bob Casey
PA
Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat No
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Tim Kaine
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
Democrat No
Sen. Brian Schatz
HI
Democrat No
Sen. Doug Jones
AL
Democrat No
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat No
Sen. Sherrod Brown
OH
Democrat No
Sen. Jacky Rosen
NV
Democrat No
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
Democrat No
Sen. Martin Heinrich
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Cory Booker
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Margaret Hassan
NH
Democrat No
Sen. Richard Blumenthal
CT
Democrat No
Sen. Jack Reed
RI
Democrat No
Sen. Kamala Harris
CA
Democrat No