Trump’s supreme court nominee says she will be fair, but evades abortion questions
Amy Coney Barrett tells hearing she is not hostile to the Obamacare law and sidesteps repeated questions on Roe vs Wade
Washington — President Donald Trump's supreme court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said on Tuesday at her US Senate confirmation hearing she is not hostile to the Obamacare law, as Democrats have suggested, and declined to specify whether she believes landmark rulings legalising abortion and gay marriage were properly decided.
Barrett, a conservative federal appellate judge, answered questions from senators for the first time on the second day of her judiciary committee confirmation hearing. It gave Barrett a chance to respond to Democrats who have opposed her because of her potential as a justice to undermine the 2010 health-care law and its protection for patients with pre-existing conditions...
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