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. Martin Heinrich
NM
Democrat No
Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
HI
Democrat No
Sen. John Hoeven
ND
Republican Yes
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
Republican Yes
Sen. James M. Inhofe
OK
Republican Yes
Sen. Ron Johnson
WI
Republican Yes
Sen. Doug Jones
AL
Democrat No
Sen. Tim Kaine
VA
Democrat No
Sen. John Kennedy
LA
Republican Yes
Sen. Angus King
ME
ID ID No
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
MN
Democrat No
Sen. James Lankford
OK
Republican Yes
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy
VT
Democrat No
Sen. Mike Lee
UT
Republican Yes
Sen. Kelly Loeffler
GA
Republican Yes
Sen. Joe Manchin III
WV
Democrat No
Sen. Edward J. Markey
MA
Democrat No
Sen. Mitch McConnell
KY
Republican Yes
Sen. Martha McSally
AZ
Republican Yes
Sen. Robert Menendez
NJ
Democrat No