Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said the senate committee learned little from Coney Barrett’s testimony: “I’d be afraid to ask her about the presence of gravity on earth… We really don’t know what she thinks on many issues,” he said.

“She hides behind originalism,” said Durbin. “… We can’t get a direct answer from the nominee. We get direct answers every day from the president.” Durbin later said, Trump “picked a nominee he believed would achieve his political goals.”

The Senate Judiciary committee is scheduled to vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination for supreme court on 22 October. The general election is 3 November.

Today’s hearing begins with speeches from Republican members. Coney Barrett will not actually be at the hearing today. Instead, we are expecting to hear debate from members of the committee.

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