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Seventh U.S. Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court, meets with Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) in the Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol on September 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. Tillis announced he had tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday. (Photo: Bill Clark-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n
“Rushing to have the hearing under these circumstances just shows that Republicans know they won’t have the votes after Election Day.”<\/h3>\n
by Julia Conley, staff writer
\nCommon Dreams<\/p>\n
Democratic lawmakers and progressive advocates demanded on Friday and into Saturday that the Senate Judiciary Committee postpone Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s\u00a0confirmation hearing for the U.S. Supreme Court after at least three Republican senators tested positive for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0his positive result on Saturday morning, a day after two Senate Judiciary Committee members\u2014Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah)\u00a0<\/a>and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)\u2014were also diagnosed with Covid-19.<\/p>\n Johnson did not attend the White House gathering last Saturday where President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Barrett, but he has been\u00a0attending lunches<\/a>\u00a0with other Republican senators three times per week, including this past week. Lee and Tillis have also been attending the gatherings, suggesting that they may have exposed several of their Senate colleagues. Democratic senators have suspended their in-person lunches in light of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n The progressive advocacy group Demand Justice was among those who called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone Barrett’s hearings, which are set to begin Oct. 13.<\/p>\n