Key Vote Alert – Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett
Club for Growth strongly supports the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court. Her confirmation will be considered soon in the United States Senate. The result of the vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2020 Congressional Scorecard.
Club for Growth believes Judge Barrett will be a pro-growth Justice for many reasons. Barrett’s judicial philosophy will have a positive impact on limiting agency overregulation. Current jurisprudence requires that when a judge and an agency disagree on how to interpret the law, the tie goes to the agency, which too often empowers the unelected bureaucrat. Free reign of agency interpretation and action has led to a dramatic expansion of regulatory authority to the detriment of economic liberty and property rights. Recent decisions and the current composition of the Supreme Court hints that administrative deference may soon face substantive limitations.
Judge Barrett follows a judicial philosophy called “pragmatic originalism” that gives respect to prior precedent to avoid excessive disruption, but which is still willing to overrule erroneous former precedent. Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s jurisprudence signals that she would work to rein-in agency overreach to the benefit of economic growth and individual rights.
We know Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court bodes well for economic liberty and property rights, particularly in relation to agency action in regulation. Judge Barrett loves the Constitution and sees the value of precedent but also is willing to revisit cases that are inconsistent with the Constitution. She may be willing to overrule prior erroneous precedent on excessive regulation, and at the very least is poised to limit agency overreach. Courts should protect economic freedom and liberty.
Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 116th Congress provides a comprehensive rating of how well or how poorly each member of Congress supports pro-growth, free-market policies and will be distributed to the public.
Vote Results
Club Position
Yes
Required for Majority
1/2
Vote Results
Nomination Confirmed
Vote Number
224
Vote Date
October 26, 2020
Vote Counts
YEAs:
51
NAYs:
45
Not Voting:
0
Lisa Murkowski
AK
R
Y
Dan Sullivan
AK
R
Y
Doug Jones
AL
D
N
Richard Shelby
AL
R
Y
John Boozman
AR
R
Y
Tom Cotton
AR
R
Y
Dianne Feinstein
CA
D
N
Kamala Harris
CA
D
N
Michael Bennet
CO
D
N
Cory Gardner
CO
R
Y
Richard Blumenthal
CT
D
N
Christopher Murphy
CT
D
N
Thomas Carper
DE
D
N
Christopher Coons
DE
D
N
Marco Rubio
FL
R
Y
Rick Scott
FL
R
Y
Kelly Loeffler
GA
R
Y
David Perdue
GA
R
Y
Mazie Hirono
HI
D
N
Brian Schatz
HI
D
N
Joni Ernst
IA
R
Y
Chuck Grassley
IA
R
Y
Mike Crapo
ID
R
Y
Jim Risch
ID
R
Y
Tammy Duckworth
IL
D
N
Richard Durbin
IL
D
N
Mike Braun
IN
R
Y
Todd Young
IN
R
Y
Jerry Moran
KS
R
Y
Pat Roberts
KS
R
Y
Mitch McConnell
KY
R
Y
Rand Paul
KY
R
Y
Bill Cassidy
LA
R
Y
John Kennedy
LA
R
Y
Edward Markey
MA
D
N
Elizabeth Warren
MA
D
N
Benjamin Cardin
MD
D
N
Susan Collins
ME
R
N
Angus King
ME
I
N
Gary Peters
MI
D
N
Debbie Stabenow
MI
D
N
Amy Klobuchar
MN
D
N
Tina Smith
MN
D
N
Roy Blunt
MO
R
Y
Josh Hawley
MO
R
Y
Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
R
Y
Roger Wicker
MS
R
Y
Steve Daines
MT
R
Y
Jon Tester
MT
D
N
Richard Burr
NC
R
Y
Thom Tillis
NC
R
Y
Kevin Cramer
ND
R
Y
John Hoeven
ND
R
Y
Deb Fischer
NE
R
Y
Ben Sasse
NE
R
Y
Maggie Hassan
NH
D
N
Jeanne Shaheen
NH
D
N
Cory Booker
NJ
D
N
Robert Menendez
NJ
D
N
Martin Heinrich
NM
D
N
Tom Udall
NM
D
N
Catherine Cortez Masto
NV
D
N
Kirsten Gillibrand
NY
D
N
Chuck Schumer
NY
D
N
Sherrod Brown
OH
D
N
Rob Portman
OH
R
Y
James Inhofe
OK
R
Y
James Lankford
OK
R
Y
Jeff Merkley
OR
D
N
Ron Wyden
OR
D
N
Bob Casey
PA
D
N
Pat Toomey
PA
R
Y
Jack Reed
RI
D
N
Sheldon Whitehouse
RI
D
N
Lindsey Graham
SC
R
Y
Tim Scott
SC
R
Y
Mike Rounds
SD
R
Y
John Thune
SD
R
Y
Lamar Alexander
TN
R
Y
Marsha Blackburn
TN
R
Y
John Cornyn
TX
R
Y
Ted Cruz
TX
R
Y
Mike Lee
UT
R
Y
Mitt Romney
UT
R
Y
Tim Kaine
VA
D
N
Mark Warner
VA
D
N
Patrick Leahy
VT
D
N
Bernie Sanders
VT
I
N
Maria Cantwell
WA
D
N
Patty Murray
WA
D
N
Tammy Baldwin
WI
D
N
Ron Johnson
WI
R
Y
Shelley Moore Capito
WV
R
Y
Joe Manchin
WV
D
N
John Barrasso
WY
R
Y
Michael Enzi
WY
R
Y