The Supreme Court
The battle to confirm Amy Coney Barrett has plunged a Senate already bruised by years of tit-for-tat skirmishes in the judicial wars into deeper partisan acrimony.
In remarks delivered after she was sworn in, Amy Coney Barrett said judges declare independence not only from Congress and the president who appointed them, but also from their own private beliefs.
The 45th President
The president’s first-term judicial legacy culminates with the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
The vote was 5 to 3, with conservative justices saying federal courts were interfering too much in election procedure choices that should be left to local officials.
He is tied in the polls in the state, but Georgia has a long history of dashing Democratic hopes.
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