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October 27, 2020 "An epochal moment for America" ​​and a political triumph for Donald Trump one week before Election Day. The Senate approved 52 to 48 the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, 48, in the Supreme Court and 7 children, Catholic, conservative and anti-abortionist.

He is the third judge of the Supreme Court (out of 9) chosen by the tycoon.

Before him, only Ronald Reagan had succeeded in this feat.

Barrett replaces judge and liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on 18 September at the age of 87.



"I will be independent of politics and my preferences," Barrett assured after being sworn in during a pompous ceremony at the White House complete with a final salute from the balcony of the Queen Elizabeth-style South Lawn from Buckingham Palace.



 Senator Susan Collins was the only Republican to vote against the appointment of the former pupil of Judge Antonin Scalia, father of the "originalists".

It is the first judge in modern history to be confirmed with such a narrow majority, i.e. without bipartisan support.

His confirmation was never in doubt, but what was important to Trump is that it happens before Election Day. So it was and he celebrated in a big way, among other things on the birthday of the perennial rival: Hillary Clinton .

A detail maliciously pointed out on Twitter by the Republican Senators of the Justice Committee: "Amy Coney Barrett confirmed. Happy birthday @ Hillary Clinton".



The composition of the Court now sees an overwhelming majority of conservatives (Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts and Barrett) and only three liberals (Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, Soi Sotomayor).

In 2000 it was the Supreme Court that handed the victory to Republican George W. Bush against Al Gore and Scalia himself advised the Democrats to "get over it".


The Grand Old Party didn't waste a minute.

The race for confirmation began on the same night as Ginsburg's death.

"We have made an important contribution to the future of this country. Much of what we have done may be undone sooner or later but they will not be able to undo this for a long time to come," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

The Supreme Court tenure is for life and the three judges appointed by Trump are all young: Barrett is 48, Gorsuch 53, and Kavanaugh 55. Overall, the tycoon has nominated over 200 judges in his first term, including 53 in influential circuits and 162 district judges.

At this point he is second only to Jimmy Carter in the number of nominated judges.



 On November 3 we vote.

The biggest decision could come on the court table: who won the election and who is the president of the United States.

In this case alone, the favorite is not Democrat Joe Biden but Donald Trump.