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NYC Bar Assoc. Voices ‘Grave Concern’ as Senate ‘Rushes’ to Hold Hearings on Barrett Confirmation (New York Law Journal)
New York Law Journal, October 14, 2020
NYC Bar Assoc. Voices ‘Grave Concern’ as Senate ‘Rushes’ to Hold Hearings on Barrett Confirmation
In a detailed public statement addressing the U.S. Senate’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings on Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the New York City Bar Association is warning that the Senate’s “double standard” in not considering past nominee Merrick Garland but now considering Barrett “may fairly be interpreted [by the public] as an effort to tilt the Court in anticipation of a Constitutional fight” over this year’s presidential-election results.
