A Newly Sworn In Justice Barrett Faces A Motion To Recuse Herself In Election Case
A Pennsylvania county is asking the new justice to disqualify herself because her nomination and confirmation is not only "unprecedented" but linked, by Trump, to his own re-election.
Amy Coney Barrett became the 115th Supreme Court Justice Tuesday when Chief Justice John Roberts administered the judicial oath of office in a private ceremony at the court. Barrett immediately was faced with an unusual motion seeking her recusal in an election procedures case currently pending before the court from Pennsylvania.
The motion to recuse was filed by the Luzerne County Board of Elections in an 11th-hour case brought by the Republican Party and Republican state legislators. Citing
