Democrats declare Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination ‘illegitimate’ but can’t say why

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There is no good legal argument against the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. There is nothing unconstitutional or unprecedented about it.

Yet some Senate Democrats insist anyway that Barrett’s nomination is “illegitimate.” Those using this word have not yet explained what, exactly, is “illegitimate” about it. They just keep saying it in the hope that the public will accept it as truth.

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