• Profile.Amy Coney Barrett, an ultra-conservative to replace Ginsburg at the helm of the Supreme

The United States Senate confirmed this Monday, eight days before the presidential elections, Amy Barrett as the new Supreme Court judge, thus consolidating the conservative majority in the most important court in the country.

Barrett was confirmed with 52 votes in favor - all Republican senators - and 48 against - all Democrats and the conservative Susan Collins.

Barrett, 48, is scheduled to be sworn in for life tonight at a White House rally that will also include President Donald Trump.

Barrett's confirmation in the Senate this Monday comes after a rushed and controversial process that began on September 18 with the death of progressive judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the age of 87.

Barrett was nominated by Trump days later, on September 26, before Ginsburg was even buried.

Just as Republicans blocked the confirmation of a progressive judge during the last year of Barack Obama's term, they did not want to risk now that a possible Democratic victory next week thwarted their plans with Barrett.

The Republicans thus took advantage of their control over the Executive and the Senate to further favor the Supreme Court, which now has six conservative and three progressive justices, which marks the future of the court for the next decades.

Trump, in fact, has managed to confirm three justices for the Supreme in his four years in power: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Barrett.

Barrett will now have to decide whether to refrain from participating in any possible appeals that come to the Supreme Court related to the election results, something she did not want to commit to during her confirmation hearings despite being nominated by one of the two candidates. in the running, Trump.

Conservatives also consider Barrett's confirmation as a "historic victory" for those who oppose abortion, because the judge is contrary to that right guaranteed in the US since 1973, although she has not wanted to clarify whether she would vote to undermine it.

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