On Monday, the US Senate approved the appointment of Conservative Judge Amy Connie Barrett as a member of the Supreme Court, in a move considered a major victory for President Donald Trump, while Democrats described the vote as "the worst day in the history of the Senate."
Fifty-two members, all of them Republicans, supported the appointment of a judge in the highest judicial body in the United States, while 48 senators voted against this appointment, including one Republican and the rest Democrats.
Thus, Barrett becomes the third member Trump appointed to the Supreme Court, in which the conservatives now enjoy a majority of double (6 conservative judges versus 3 liberals), knowing that these members are appointed for life.
Barrett’s confirmation in the Supreme Court comes to succeed the liberal Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18, 8 days before the presidential elections that will be held on the third of next November.
With the Senate's approval of Barrett, a 48-year-old Catholic, as a judge on the Supreme Court, Trump can use this victory in his election rounds to rally support in swing states and narrow the gap with his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, who is currently leading in opinion polls.
On the other hand, Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described the vote as the worst day in the US Senate's more than 230-year history.
He pointed out that the Republican majority in the Senate established the confirmation of a candidate for the Supreme Court very soon on Election Day, in a first-of-its-kind precedent, although they had previously refused to confirm the Democratic candidate on the pretext that the presidential elections are 8 months away.