5 interesting things said on day 1 of Barrett confirmation hearings

86 Less than a minute

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 12: Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice on Capitol Hill on October 12, 2020 in Washington, DC. With less than a month until the presidential election, President Donald Trump tapped Amy Coney Barrett to be his third Supreme Court nominee in just four years. If confirmed, Barrett would replace the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Photo by Patrick Semansky - Pool/Getty Images)

Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee made their opening arguments as confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, began Monday.

Barrett’s confirmation hearings come two years after the explosive confirmation hearings for Trump’s previous Supreme Court pick, Brett Kavanaugh, came to a close. Barrett has been nominated to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the long-serving liberal jurist who died Sept. 18.

All 22 members of the Senate Judiciary Committee made opening remarks as did Barrett herself. Here are five interesting moments from the first day of Barrett’s confirmation hearings.

86 Less than a minute