In a 5-3 order, the Supreme Court refused to reinstate a lower court order that called for mailed ballots to be counted in Wisconsin if they are received up to six days after the election.
Democrats argued that was needed because of pandemic challenges.
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Trump won Pennsylvania by 44,292 votes out of 6.1 million cast in 2016. A Democratic surge of votes in cities and suburbs could quickly erase that narrow lead.
Polls show Trump consistently trailing Joe Biden in the state. #AmericaDisrupted
BREAKING: The U.S. Senate has confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a Supreme Court justice, solidifying the court’s rightward tilt just days before the election. apne.ws/Yzy8a71
President Trump's choice to fill the vacancy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg potentially opens a new era of rulings on abortion, the Affordable Care Act and even his own election. Monday's vote was the first in modern times with no support from the minority party. apne.ws/JHnmCzH
"I will do my job without fear or favor": Amy Coney Barrett, at White House ceremony, takes first of two oaths to join Supreme Court. apne.ws/YaTbNIR
Senators look to dig deeper into Amy Coney Barrett's outlook on key issues facing the court in her third day of hearings. Follow AP for coverage. apne.ws/AX6J6ZM
Sen. Lindsey Graham said President Trump made history by nominating Amy Coney Barrett, “who is unashamedly pro-life."
But Graham said, as Barrett has, that she'd be able to set her personal views aside when deciding cases on abortion.
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett would not say whether a president would be able to pardon himself. But she agreed with Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy’s assertion that “no one is above the law.”
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is facing senators’ questions in the second day of her confirmation hearings. Follow AP for coverage. apne.ws/WuxK070
Amy Coney Barrett, who has said the late Justice Antonin Scalia was a mentor, told Senators that if confirmed the country would not be “getting Justice Scalia, you would be getting Justice Barrett.” Barrett was a former clerk for Scalia. apne.ws/cZ79CLb
Amy Coney Barrett is declining to say whether she thinks Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established the right to abortion, should be struck down. Barrett says her only agenda is to “stick to the rule of law and decide cases as they come.”