Barrett vows fair approach as justice, Democrats skeptical

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, wears a mask showing former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool via AP)

President Donald Trump adjusts the microphone after he announced Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

From left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., hold photographs of people who where saved due the Affordable Care Act (ACA) during a news conference, after the confirmation hearing of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett removes her mask to speak during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., speaks remotely during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Edelman/Pool via AP)

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., listen during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

Sen Mike Lee, R-Utah, talks with Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., behind Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, before the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Alex Edelman/Pool via AP)

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett arrives for her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)

The children of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett walk on Capitol Hill at the end of day one of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett arrives to her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., center, walks to a motorcade after leaving her office, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Monday, Harris testified remotely from her office during Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee because of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., left, and ranking member Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., talk before the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Leah Millis/Pool via AP)

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett stands at the end of the first day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At left is her daughter Juliet and husband Jesse and White House counsel Pat Cipollone. (Leah Millis/Pool via AP)