{"id":1606,"date":"2020-11-03T21:04:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T21:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewitnessexet.wpengine.com\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2021-10-10T15:15:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T15:15:56","slug":"the-disaster-that-is-amy-coney-barretts-supreme-court-appointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewitnessexeter.co.uk\/?p=1606","title":{"rendered":"The disaster that is Amy Coney Barrett\u2019s Supreme Court appointment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On October 26th, the Senate confirmed Amy Coney Barrett\u2019s appointment to the Supreme Court with a vote of 52-48. This was in spite of Justice Ginsburg\u2019s wish<\/a> for a new Justice to \u200bnot be confirmed until after the election\u200b. The controversy of Barrett\u2019s appointment was exemplified by the polarised votes of Republicans vs Democrats: \u200ball but one<\/a> Republican, Susan Collins of Maine, voted in favour of Barrett\u2019s appointment, and every Democrat was in opposition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an undemocratic and unsurprisingly hypocritical move, \u200bMcConnell announced<\/a> \u200bearlier this year that Trump\u2019s nominee to the Supreme Court would receive a full Senate vote this year. This came despite the fact that in 2016 he refused to hold a hearing for President Obama\u2019s nominee, a whole nine months before the election. McConnell\u2019s unscrupulous actions demonstrate a clear agenda of politicising the court by filling it with conservatives to further extreme Republican ideological views rather than considering the will of the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chilling reality facing Americans now is that an \u200bimpeached president who lost<\/a> the popular vote\u200b has been able to appoint a Justice to the Supreme Court. This means the Supreme Court will now have the power to undercut the Affordable Care Act, making it harder for citizens to receive healthcare during a global pandemic which has left \u200b225,000<\/a> Americans dead\u200b. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barrett has openly \u200bcriticised<\/a> the 2012 ruling \u200bof the Supreme Court which maintained the Affordable Care Act, leading to the stark likelihood that when a ruling is made on the Affordable Care Act, which comes before the court on November 10th, Barrett\u2019s vote will be in opposition. This dystopian-like reality represents the demise of democracy in the U.S. under the Trump administration and its quest to sabotage the milestones America had previously made to establish equality and basic human rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When announcing Barrett as his nominee, in an attempt to appear as a champion of women\u2019s rights, Trump and Republicans depicted<\/a> Barrett \u200bas a suitable successor \u200bto Justice Ginsburg, highlighting<\/a> \u200bher \u201c\u2018woman\u2019 credentials\u201d\u200b: being a mother of seven. Barrett\u2019s appointment, however, is a calamitous blow to women\u2019s rights and an insult to Justice Ginsburg\u2019s memory. Barrett\u2019s Catholic views move the court firmly to the right and present a threat to the future of Roe v Wade, with groups opposing abortion \u200bchampioning <\/a>her confirmation\u200b. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barrett has even written <\/a>that abortion is \u200b\u201calways immoral\u201d \u200band participated in two dissents against decisions furthering women’s right to choose. During her hearings, Barrett refused<\/a> to answer questions\u200b that would provide any real insight into her views, her silence conveying plenty. Abortion was one of these matters and she stated <\/a>that she couldn\u2019t \u201cpre-commit\u201d\u200b to anything. However, during his 2016 campaign Trump \u200b\u201cpromised<\/a> to appoint justices who would overturn Roe v Wade\u201d\u200b. Trump\u2019s clear intentions coupled with Barrett\u2019s extremely conservative views make it highly likely that, given the opportunity, Barrett would seek to revoke women’s right to make decisions about their own body. If Barrett\u2019s newly appointed powers are used to overturn Roe v Wade then each senator who voted for her confirmation must be held responsible for the inevitable rise of deaths resulting from backstreet abortions. Outlawing abortion doesn\u2019t stop abortion, it stops safe abortion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barrett\u2019s confirmation as a Justice of the Supreme Court has thus been a highly politicised move by the Trump administration, seeking a means to further the extreme right agenda, with life threatening consequences for Americans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written by Lauren Taylor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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