Introducing Amy Coney Barrett

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🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Opening statements in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing of nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. How Barrett was involved in litigating the 2000 presidential election. And the political battle that led Oregon to vote by mail.

White House reporter Seung Min Kim unpacks opening statements in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, and what we can expect over the following days.

Investigative reporter Beth Reinhard discusses Barrett’s role in the contested presidential election of 2000, and exactly how absentee ballots were involved.

Though Oregon’s mail-in voting system is now widely beloved by the state’s voters, it wasn’t always that way. Political journalist Jeff Mapes and former Oregon secretary of state Phil Keisling share their memories of the heated political battle over vote-by-mail in the 1990s — and reflect on why those debates are reemerging on a national stage today.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:04.9	Washington Post, this is Colby.
0:07.0	Hi, Stephanie McCreement from the Washington Post.
0:13.4	This is Post Reports.
0:14.9	I'm Martine Powers.
0:18.9	It's Monday, October 12.
0:23.5	Today, the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett and her role in the 2000
0:28.4	election, plus how Oregon came to vote by mail.
0:42.1	Good morning, everybody.
0:44.9	Judge Barrett's family, welcome.
0:50.6	The hearing to confirm Judge Amy Barrett to the Supreme Court will now begin.
0:58.4	On Monday, the Senate began the first day of hearings to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett
1:03.4	to the Supreme Court.
1:04.9	This is a vacancy that's occurred through a tragic loss of a great woman.
1:09.6	And we're going to fill that vacancy with another great woman.
1:13.2	The bottom line here is that the Senate is doing its duty constitutionally.
1:24.6	We checked in with reporter Sung Min Kim to talk about what we heard from the opening
1:28.5	statements.
1:30.1	So far, you've seen a pretty common theme emerged, particularly from Democrats.
1:36.8	Sources told me ahead of the confirmation hearing that their strategy was really going
1:41.5	to be focused on healthcare, healthcare, healthcare, especially for these hearings.
1:46.1	Senator Whitehouse.
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