Republicans are poised to remake the Supreme Court in their image. On Saturday, President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy created by the recent death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a longtime member of the court’s liberal bloc. Barrett, a conservative jurist who currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, could shift the court’s ideological center of gravity to the right for a generation or more if she is confirmed by the Senate.

Democrats have denounced efforts by Senate Republicans to expedite Barrett’s confirmation before Election Day as unprecedented and hypocritical. With just 38 days left before voters pick the next president, Democrats claim there is not enough time for senators to assess Barrett’s record and evaluate her qualifications adequately for a seat on the highest court in the land. They also point out that Republicans’ decision to confirm Barrett before voters head to the polls contradicts their 2016 decision not to consider Merrick Garland’s Supreme Court nomination until after the people spoke in that year’s presidential election.