2020 Supreme Court nomination | Media Matters for America

Following the September 19, 2020 death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right-wing media coverage immediately urged the rapid confirmation of a new justice prior to Election Day. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) signaled that he would move to approve President Donald Trump’s nomination quickly.

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On NBC News, Charles Coleman Jr. calls out Republicans' sexist and racist questioning in Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings

03/23/22 3:08 PM EDT
Lou Dobbs and guest suggest Justice Barrett “will come through” for Trump in Pennsylvania

11/05/20 6:30 PM EST
Trump has dictated her loyalty but right-wing media demands Justice Barrett refuse to recuse

10/27/20 5:39 PM EDT
Tucker Carlson guest: The Supreme Court “invented abortion rights as a constitutional right”

10/26/20 8:45 PM EDT
Right-wing misinformation and confidence about the new Supreme Court lurk behind anti-abortion ballot measures in 2020

10/26/20 1:27 PM EDT
Cable news has covered Judge Amy Barrett's disqualifying climate denial and dark money funding poorly

10/22/20 10:41 AM EDT
Myths and facts about Supreme Court expansion

10/20/20 11:21 AM EDT
Right-leaning pages dominated the conversation on Facebook during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings

10/17/20 9:52 AM EDT
Right-wing media swear “severability” will save the Affordable Care Act, but that’s not what the Trump administration has forecast

10/14/20 2:01 PM EDT
Fox News’ Shannon Bream downplays Supreme Court’s threat to same-sex marriage

10/14/20 11:58 AM EDT
Right-wing media lash out after Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse exposes the dark money network in the courts

10/13/20 4:56 PM EDT
Tucker Carlson’s economic populism is a fraud. His coverage of Amy Coney Barrett proves it.

10/13/20 10:52 AM EDT