{"id":164407,"date":"2020-10-13T15:59:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T13:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/10\/13\/amy-coney-barrett-faces-questions-on-legal-record-as-nomination-hearings-continue-live\/"},"modified":"2020-10-13T15:59:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T13:59:24","slug":"amy-coney-barrett-faces-questions-on-legal-record-as-nomination-hearings-continue-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=164407","title":{"rendered":"Amy Coney Barrett faces questions on legal record as nomination hearings continue \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First of two days of questioning for Barrett begins todayWhat Barrett\u2019s likely confirmation means10-hour wait in Georgia as early voting startsTrump holds packed Florida rallyBiden campaigns in red state OhioSign up for Fight to Vote \u2013 our weekly US election newsletter 2.59pm BST Dianne Feinstein\u2019s questioning has turned to the Affordable Care Act, which has become a central focus for Democrats arguing against Amy Coney Barrett\u2019s confirmation to the supreme court.Barrett previously criticized supreme court Chief Justice John Roberts for voting to uphold the ACA when it came before the court in 2012. 2.49pm BST Although Amy Coney Barrett would not give her opinion on Roe v Wade today, it should be noted the supreme court nominee signed on to a 2006 advertisement that called the landmark decision \u201cbarbaric.\u201d\u201cIt\u2019s time to put an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe v Wade and restore law that protects the lives of unborn children,\u201d the ad states. Related: Amy Coney Barrett signed newspaper ad that called Roe v Wade &#8216;barbaric&#8217; Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2020\/oct\/13\/amy-coney-barrett-senate-hearing-supreme-court-donald-trump-coronavirus-covid-live-updates\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Coney Barrett faces questions on legal record as nomination hearings continue \u2013 live<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First of two days of questioning for Barrett begins todayWhat Barrett\u2019s likely confirmation means10-hour wait in Georgia as early voting startsTrump holds packed Florida rallyBiden campaigns in red state OhioSign up for Fight to Vote \u2013 our weekly US election newsletter 2.59pm BST Dianne Feinstein\u2019s questioning has turned to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}