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. John Thune
SD
Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Rounds
SD
Republican Yes
Sen. Marsha Blackburn
TN
Republican Yes
Sen. Lamar Alexander
TN
Republican Yes
Sen. Ted Cruz
TX
Republican Yes
Sen. John Cornyn
TX
Republican Yes
Sen. Mike Lee
UT
Republican Yes
Sen. Mitt Romney
UT
Republican Yes
Sen. Tim Kaine
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Mark Warner
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
VT
Democrat No
Sen. Bernard Sanders
VT
ID ID No
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat No
Sen. Patty Murray Democrat No
Sen. Ron Johnson
WI
Republican Yes
Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WI
Democrat No
Sen. Joe Manchin III
WV
Democrat No
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito
WV
Republican Yes
Sen. John Barrasso
WY
Republican Yes
Sen. Michael B. Enzi
WY
Republican Yes