I agree entirely with this commentary in the Washington Post - it's pretty cringey, the emphasis the Republicans are putting on a judge's family:
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has seven kids. And don’t you dare forget it.
The opening day of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court was kid-friendly. It was child-obsessed. It was a little over five hours of children as talking points and visual aids and proof of unwavering conservative values. It’s hard to recall a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee that was so focused on the well-being, the deportment and the birth story of our youngest citizens. ...
The many references to Barrett’s children were a not-so-subtle pronouncement that her prolific motherhood was especially good and admirable and a sign that she was not shirking her womanly duty while she was unleashing her ambition. Barrett had it all — on terms that were acceptable to social conservatives.
If you ask me, she's setting herself up for a fall. If her husband isn't caught having an affair (cue the "she's so busy, she never had time for me" excuse), one of two of the kids in 10 or 15 years time will do a tell all interview about how the happy family on the TV was not so happy in private. I've seen it happen in big, apparently happy, conservative Catholic families before.
I also agree with this tweet:
Basically, any judge who accepts a nomination in these circumstances is automatically deeply suspect, no matter how many children.
Update: Democrats, please go ahead and pack the court -
Update 2: from The Onion:
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