Day one of the confirmation hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is in the books and the partisan battle lines are already being drawn.

During opening statements, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee clashed over the confirmation process and what impact Barrett could have if installed on the bench. The hearing also opened the door for additional attacks in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race.

Barrett received praise from Republicans on the panel, including Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, who joined the hearing virtually. He is still isolating after testing positive for COVID-19 over a week ago.

“She’s not only one of the most qualified individuals ever to be nominated, but she also understands the proper role of the Article III branch. She reaches conclusions dictated by the law, not by personal preference,” he said in his opening remarks.

In her remarks, Barrett described her overall judicial philosophy, outlining her views on what role the courts should play.

“Courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life,” she said. “The policy decisions and value judgements of government must be made by the political branches.”

If confirmed, Barrett would push the court further to the right ideologically, cementing a six to three conservative majority on the nation’s highest bench.

Democrats on the Senate panel warned that shift could put healthcare on the line for millions of Americans. Oral arguments in a case involving the Affordable Care Act are set to be heard by the court a few days after the November election.

“Senate Republicans have found a nominee in Judge Barrett who they know will do what they couldn’t do: subvert the will of the people and overturn the ACA and overturn Roe v. Wade,” said Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, during his opening statement.

The confirmation hearing comes less than a month before the November election, when Sen. Tillis is on the ballot.

In a post online published Monday, Tillis’s challenger in the race, Democrat Cal Cunningham, criticized the incumbent as a rubber stamp for the Barrett nomination, writing, “Instead of acting as a check and balance on this Administration, Senator Tillis has delivered a blank check to the White House, signed in the name of the people of North Carolina.”

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The confirmation hearing is scheduled to continue throughout the week. On Tuesday and Wednesday, senators will have a chance to question Barrett.