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Demonstrators blockade an entrance to the U.S. Senate building in Washington, D.C. on Monday, October 12, 2020 ahead of the beginning of the first day of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. (Screenshot: Indivisible NationBK/@bkindivisible)
Dozens of demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Hart Senate Office Building Monday morning to protest the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee's decision to hold the first confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's right-wing Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett with less than a month to go before the pivotal November election.
Chanting "Whose court? Our court!" and "Let the people decide," the protesters gathered minutes before Barrett's first confirmation hearing (which can be viewed live below) was set to kick off despite opposition to the proceedings from thousands of legal experts, civil rights organizations, and a majority of Americans.
"If Senate leadership forces a nominee before the next Congress and president are installed, it would deprive the people of their voice and further destabilize a nation already gripped by crisis," Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of advocacy group CPD Action, said in a statement ahead of the demonstration.
"We're mobilizing all those who believe in freedom, equality, and justice to engage in direct action to put pressure on both key Senate Republicans as well as Democrats to ensure that this confirmation is delayed," said Archila.
\u201cMembers of @CPDAction and @housingworks blocking the entrance to #SCOTUS hearing. Chanting: #NoTestNoHearing and #LetThePeopleDecide\u201d— Julia Peter (@Julia Peter) 1602506000
\u201cChanting #LetThePeopleDecide outside the Senate NOW. So proud of our members putting their bodies on the line for Democracy w/ @housingworks @CPDAction @IndivisibleTeam\u201d— Indivisible NationBK (@Indivisible NationBK) 1602505782
Watch the Barrett hearing:
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Dozens of demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Hart Senate Office Building Monday morning to protest the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee's decision to hold the first confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's right-wing Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett with less than a month to go before the pivotal November election.
Chanting "Whose court? Our court!" and "Let the people decide," the protesters gathered minutes before Barrett's first confirmation hearing (which can be viewed live below) was set to kick off despite opposition to the proceedings from thousands of legal experts, civil rights organizations, and a majority of Americans.
"If Senate leadership forces a nominee before the next Congress and president are installed, it would deprive the people of their voice and further destabilize a nation already gripped by crisis," Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of advocacy group CPD Action, said in a statement ahead of the demonstration.
"We're mobilizing all those who believe in freedom, equality, and justice to engage in direct action to put pressure on both key Senate Republicans as well as Democrats to ensure that this confirmation is delayed," said Archila.
\u201cMembers of @CPDAction and @housingworks blocking the entrance to #SCOTUS hearing. Chanting: #NoTestNoHearing and #LetThePeopleDecide\u201d— Julia Peter (@Julia Peter) 1602506000
\u201cChanting #LetThePeopleDecide outside the Senate NOW. So proud of our members putting their bodies on the line for Democracy w/ @housingworks @CPDAction @IndivisibleTeam\u201d— Indivisible NationBK (@Indivisible NationBK) 1602505782
Watch the Barrett hearing:
Dozens of demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Hart Senate Office Building Monday morning to protest the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee's decision to hold the first confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's right-wing Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett with less than a month to go before the pivotal November election.
Chanting "Whose court? Our court!" and "Let the people decide," the protesters gathered minutes before Barrett's first confirmation hearing (which can be viewed live below) was set to kick off despite opposition to the proceedings from thousands of legal experts, civil rights organizations, and a majority of Americans.
"If Senate leadership forces a nominee before the next Congress and president are installed, it would deprive the people of their voice and further destabilize a nation already gripped by crisis," Ana Maria Archila, co-executive director of advocacy group CPD Action, said in a statement ahead of the demonstration.
"We're mobilizing all those who believe in freedom, equality, and justice to engage in direct action to put pressure on both key Senate Republicans as well as Democrats to ensure that this confirmation is delayed," said Archila.
\u201cMembers of @CPDAction and @housingworks blocking the entrance to #SCOTUS hearing. Chanting: #NoTestNoHearing and #LetThePeopleDecide\u201d— Julia Peter (@Julia Peter) 1602506000
\u201cChanting #LetThePeopleDecide outside the Senate NOW. So proud of our members putting their bodies on the line for Democracy w/ @housingworks @CPDAction @IndivisibleTeam\u201d— Indivisible NationBK (@Indivisible NationBK) 1602505782
Watch the Barrett hearing: