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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has completed its hearings and President Trump's nomination

of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

Yesterday, the Senators made their final remarks and heard witnesses testify about her character

and qualifications.

The American Bar Association, which rates federal judges,

noted that it has found Judge Barrett to be well qualified, its highest rating. Since Republicans

hold a 12 to 10 majority, the committee is expected to approve her nomination when it votes on

October 22nd. This would set up a vote on the Senate floor the

week of October 26th. Since Republicans hold the majority in the Senate, her confirmation is widely

expected. Judge Amy Coney-Barritt is Catholic and obviously a woman. Both facts make her nomination noteworthy.

Only 22% of Americans are Catholic. Only five of the 119 Supreme Court justices in American

history have been women. If confirmed by the Senate, she will become the youngest Supreme Court

Justice since 1991 and the first

mother with school-age children to serve on our nation's highest court. She did not achieve

her remarkable success through family connections or wealth, but through hard work and a passion

for excellence. This fact is worthy of reflection as evidence of our country's founding

creed that all men are created equal. In my lifetime, I have seen presidents who came from

families of wealth, John F. Kennedy, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush and Donald Trump.

But I have also seen presidents who came from humble beginnings,

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