Amy Coney Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing

Amy Coney Barrett bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett listens during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee (Patrick Semansky, Pool/AP)

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett batted away Democrats’ skeptical questions on abortion, health care and the transference of presidential power in a long and lively confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

The 48-year-old appellate court judge declared her conservative views with often colloquial language, but refused many specifics.

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