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Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 28, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett was on Monday night confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 52-48 vote by the U.S. Senate, the Associated Press reports. Justice Clarence Thomas administered the constitutional oath to Barrett in a White House ceremony after the vote and, on Tuesday, she took the judicial oath, given to her by Justice John G. Roberts. Barrett’s confirmation vote came from a deeply divided Senate and marks the first confirmation vote in modern times to receive no support from the minority party. Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn both voted in favor of the confirmation.