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https://sewell.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-sewell-s-statement-nomination-judge-amy-coney-barrett-united-states Rep. Sewells Statement on Nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to United States Supreme Court 2020-09-26 2020 2020-09 Democrat Senate AL Terri Sewell S001185 sewell.house.gov     legacy Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (AL-07) released the following statement on President Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court nomination by President Trump today, with the 2020 presidential election only 38 days away, denies the American people a voice in this very important decision. The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett is clearly tainted by the hypocrisy of Senate Republicans to go back on their own promise not to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court so close to a presidential election. This standard articulated by Senate Republicans was applied against President Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland eight months before the 2016 presidential election. This blatant power grab by Trump and Senate Republicans is especially disturbing given that the voting process has already begun with hundreds of thousands of voters having cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election. Fairness and comity demand that the Senate not confirm any vacancy on the Supreme Court until the American people have chosen the next president. To do otherwise, I believe would undermine the very legitimacy of the Supreme Court. ### 1 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z