Judge Amy Coney Barrett

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett graduated in 1994 with honors from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. But more than 1,500 alumni of the small liberal arts school have made it known they are not proud of their ties to the conservative lawyer and judge. Barrett graduated magna cum laude with an undergraduate degree in English. She was a…

Markey said that if the nomination goes through, he will vote to end the fillibuster and seek to expand the seats on the Supreme Court.

Democratic lawmakers in New England on Saturday slammed President Donald Trump for what they called a rushed process to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, after Trump announced his selection of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to take her seat. After Trump announced the pick in the Rose Garden, Democrats doubled down on their assertion that the Senate should…