The Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing to consider Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court is officially underway. Over the next four days, 22 senators will be tasked with questioning the nominee about her legal philosophy, judicial qualifications, and case record. Though it seems like most senators support the confirmation of Judge Barrett to our country’s highest court, nothing in politics is ever certain. In the following Q&A, Americans for Prosperity Policy Counsel Eric Bolinder explains what we should be looking for in these confirmation hearings and what we can expect. Judge Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Senate began today but is expected to last four days. What kinds of questions directed at the nominee from members of the Judiciary Committee can viewers expect to hear?  We hope and expect that senators will ask Judge Barrett about her judicial philosophy and approach to cases that come before her. We know from her past scholarship and experience on the 7th Circuit that Judge Barrett is a constitutionalist — a judge who applies textualism and originalism and rules based on what the plain text of the law and Constitution is, rather than legislating from the bench. Unfortunately, we expect some senators may try to apply outcome-specific litmus tests to Judge Barrett. They’ll ask her to predict how she’ll rule … Continue reading What news can Americans expect to come out of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing?