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BREAKING: The Senate has voted 52-48 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett as Trump’s third Supreme Court justice buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Barrett will join the nation’s highest court amid an election dominated by legal fights over how Americans vote during the coronavirus pandemic.

She’ll also be sworn in two weeks before the court again considers the fate of the Affordable Care Act buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shepherded Barrett’s nomination through the Senate at a record pace to fill the late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat just 38 days after her death buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Barrett’s confirmation just a week before the election brings full circle Trump’s 2016 campaign promise to dramatically reshape the federal judiciary with young, conservative judges.

The court’s conservative-leaning members now outnumber the liberals 6-3 buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…

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