Texas trash talk, cameras in the court and other takeaways from Barrett's confirmation hearing

S. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens as Amy Coney Barrett testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

WASHINGTON _ Senate Judiciary Committee members loosened up a bit on the third day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett, trading barbs that were mostly of the good-natured sort.

Questions spanned everything from health care to the Houston Astros, and at least one lawmaker sought advice from Barrett for her own daughter.

As for the nominee herself, it was Barrett's last day before the panel _ and nevertheless, she evaded, even as her path to confirmation appeared smooth and certain.

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies as her family listens during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, uses his cell phone on the third day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)