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SC nominee Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing

The 48-year-old appellate court judge declared her conservative views with often colloquial language, but refused many specifics

Amy Coney Barrett
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Republicans have been focused on defending Barrett and her Catholic faith against possible criticism concerning issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage

AP | PTI Washington
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett batted away Democrats' skeptical questions Tuesday on abortion, health care and a possible disputed-election fight over transferring presidential power, insisting in a long and lively confirmation hearing she would bring no personal agenda to the court but decide cases “as they come.” The 48-year-old appellate court judge declared her conservative views with often colloquial language, but refused many specifics.
 
She declined to say whether she would recuse herself from any election-related cases involving President Donald Trump, who nominated her to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and is pressing to

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