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Friday, October 16, 2020

Notre Dame colleagues call on Amy Coney Barrett to halt Supreme Court confirmation

Eighty-eight faculty members at the University of Notre Dame have penned an open letter to colleague and Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, asking her to halt the confirmation process until after the presidential election.

The group — which does not include any instructors at Notre Dame Law School, where Barrett, 48, teaches — called on her to “take this unprecedented step” in light of three considerations.

“First, voting for the next president is already underway,” the letter read. “According to the United States Election Project, more than seven million people have already cast their ballots, and millions more are likely to vote before election day.

“The rushed nature of your nomination process, which you certainly recognize as an exercise in raw power politics, may effectively deprive the American people of a voice in selecting the next Supreme Court justice.”

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thankfully, it doesn't work that way.
The only thing she can do is withdraw - and they'll go with the next person on the list...even faster!

Anonymous said...

So the old votes don’t count for the current president but new votes do count even though it’s next month ? To a liberal this makes sense. People aren’t waiting in long lines to vote China joe just FYI

Anonymous said...

Look at the signatures...silly, just silly.

Robertthebruce said...

80 idiots at Notre Dame that don't teach at the Notre Dame law school . The Constitution is the Constitution no matter how bad their feelings are hurt or what they think. The only thing Obama ever said that was truthful is that elections have consequences so she will be confirmed. Its laughable how these left wing academia morons in their communist kingdoms have such a high opinion of themselves that they think this letter actually matters ?

Anonymous said...

First- This nomination is based on the peoples vote from both 2016 and 2018. full stop.

Second- republicans are in charge of the senate and the white house so the nomination should go through as it has 17 other times in history.

Third- Its not good policy to honor dying wishes. Do you think Jeffery Epstein had a dying wish or how about David Dorn. I guess the aborted babies during RBG's tenure don't get their dying wish either.

Its over-you lost. Elections have consequences. You would win more of them if your ideas weren't so unworkable and have failed every where they have been tried

Anonymous said...

So much for that piece of paper making you think you are smart!

Anonymous said...

These are all libutard athiest who teach libutard arts or african history. Not one was ever on the faculty when she was there. Another Catholic university gone to hell.

Anonymous said...

The odor of the campus Left is foul.

Anonymous said...

Right, the opportunity of a life time and she should say “no thank you”. May be a top shelf school, but obviously it accepts dumb asses too.

Anonymous said...

Trump was elected for 4 years and not 3 years and 8 months. DEMOCRATS MAKE ME NAUSEOUS WITH THEIR SELF SERVING BS AND LIES.

Anonymous said...


This is the fault of their dead hero RBG. She mistimed her death thus setting the search for her successor in motion. She should have died in 2015 or resolved not to die before 2025.

Fortunately the brilliance and clarity Judge Barrett brings to her personal life, her job and to her students far outshines the vacant stares and confused minds of those who signed this laughable petition.

Cracker said...

Trumps 4 year presidential term isn't over until late January. He has 3 more months as an active president and one of his duties is to replace supreme court justices when needed.

Anonymous said...

12:15 PM - Other than a few Democrats saying that, there is no proof at all that this dying wish is even true from Ginsburg. I do not believe it for a minute. I have had cancer and know people who have died from it and at the end there is no way in Hell the person dying is worrying about an election or who is going to be appointed to a court. They are concerned for their family and friends and are usually in dire pain prior to death. Anybody that believes this is nothing more than a braindead fool.

Anonymous said...

Wow! Am I surprised. Only 88 liberal instructors at Norte Dame? Surely this is not correct. There are probably morel like 1,088. However, they failed to make the cut in time for signing. LOL

Anonymous said...

Well conservatives will finally have the majority in the Supreme Court but it will cost them the majority in the Senate and the Presidency itself.

Anonymous said...

I’m sure ACB will run right out and do whatever they say. The woman is just impressive in every way, very accomplished, and so perfect that the democrats have no place to go on her nomination. Trump held her for this in the hopes he would have an opportunity to nominate her. Now, despite whatever happens with the election, Trump’s lasting legacy will be a complete remake of the liberal courts, something his predecessor neglected to ensure.

Anonymous said...

Shoot communist s on-site

Anonymous said...

Thank you `2:15.sanity is rare these days




Chris said...

Also NONE of them are lawyers so piss off you get no say on how she upholds LAWS. 7 of them are librarians, 4 of them are gender studies and 4 of them are Peace studies professors.

Anonymous said...

Whelp, it's obvious that she doesn't have 88 friends.

And Notre Dame needs to stay out of politics.

Anonymous said...

I'm glad that I live 1,000 miles away from there!

Anonymous said...

5:06 - you may be correct, but remember that there are literally hundreds of lower court judges that the President has installed. The liberal logic wheel won’t be able to reverse that, and it will cost the democrats severely. Just think - the Democrats potentially control everything, but never will be able to accomplish much as you can guarantee the Republicans will challenge every issue in court

Anonymous said...

University’s need to be burned down

Anonymous said...

Tell me there isn't a GOD. The DEMOCRATS are going to try and STEAL this Election with mail in ballots. That weren't worried because Ruth and Roberts would have ruled in their favor. So GOD takes Ruthy out and ACB will save the day.

Anonymous said...

I pray she doesn't listen they are not thinking of the process and the law stupid colleagues. They would not want anyone but a Democratic judge bottom line.