Robert Barnes

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that the Senate would vote to confirm President Trump’s nominee on Monday, potentially giving her a week to participate in election-related cases before the final tally.

The court’s action carried outsize importance because of Pennsylvania’s pivotal role in the presidential election.

The Trump administration asked the court to intervene in both cases because lower courts have ruled against its policies.

A lower court blocked the plan, which would have the effect of shifting both political power and federal funds away from urban states with large immigrant populations.

The Senate Judiciary Committee reconvenes Thursday to hear from supporters and opponents of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.

Why we still don’t have a second pandemic relief bill. What the funding holdup means for schools. And how rushing this year’s census could shape our democracy for years to come.

“The harms caused by rushing this year’s census count are irreparable,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent.

Without comment, justices let stand a lower-court ruling that said individual members did not have legal standing to bring the lawsuit.

The request to the justices is a follow-up to the decision that the president is not immune to investigation while in office.

Monday’s hearing previewed what is expected to be an acrimonious confirmation process.