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 Sort descending Party Vote
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
Democrat No
Sen. Brian Schatz
HI
Democrat No
Sen. Charles E. Grassley
IA
Republican Yes
Sen. Joni Ernst
IA
Republican Yes
Sen. Jim Risch
ID
Republican Yes
Sen. Michael D. Crapo
ID
Republican Yes
Sen. Richard J. Durbin
IL
Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat No
Sen. Mike Braun
IN
Republican Yes
Sen. Todd Young
IN
Republican Yes
Sen. Pat Roberts
KS
Republican Yes
Sen. Jerry Moran
KS
Republican Yes
Sen. Rand Paul
KY
Republican Yes
Sen. Mitch McConnell
KY
Republican Yes
Sen. Bill Cassidy
LA
Republican Yes
Sen. John Kennedy
LA
Republican Yes
Sen. Elizabeth Warren
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Edward J. Markey
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Chris Van Hollen
MD
Democrat No
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
Democrat No