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. Robert Menendez
NJ
Democrat No
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
IL
Democrat No
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
Democrat No
Sen. Edward J. Markey
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Joe Manchin III
WV
Democrat No
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
MI
Democrat No
Sen. Tina Smith
MN
Democrat No
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
Democrat No
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
VT
Democrat No
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. Tim Kaine
VA
Democrat No
Sen. Thomas R. Carper
DE
Democrat No
Sen. Charles E. Schumer
NY
Democrat No
Sen. Doug Jones
AL
Democrat No
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin
MD
Democrat No
Sen. Brian Schatz
HI
Democrat No
Sen. Maria Cantwell Democrat No