Judge Amy Coney Barrett could be seated on the Supreme Court as early as Monday, Oct. 26, barring a last minute Hail Mary from Senate Democrats.
Democratic senators were noticeably missing when the Judiciary Committee voted to advance Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination on Thursday.
There are a few more procedural hurdles in the way before Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court on Monday.
First, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will ask the Senate to move to executive session on Friday afternoon. Once that vote is complete, McConnell will immediately file “cloture” on the nomination.
A cloture petition to stop a filibuster — which could delay Barrett’s nomination — can’t be voted on until Sunday because it requires an intervening day (Saturday), according to Fox News.
Once the cloture petition is approved (on Sunday), Senate Democrats have 30 hours to throw that Hail Mary to disrupt Barrett’s nomination.
This is the phase when the Democrats “found” an accuser who claimed she was raped by Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was a teenager. That strategy delayed Kavanaugh’s nomination to the bench.
That isn’t likely to happen in Barrett’s case.
After the 30 hours expires Monday evening, the crucial and much-anticipated confirmation vote begins Monday night.
If this timetable holds, the Senate could confirm Barrett as the 115th Justice on the Supreme Court around 8:15 p.m. EST Monday.
