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Amy Coney Barrett tested negative for coronavirus, last had contact with Trump on Saturday, White House says

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, last had direct contact with President Trump on Saturday as Trump officially announced her nomination, according to the White House.

 

— FOX News: Tyler Olson

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GOP invests $10M in boosting Trump with Barrett confirmation

The Republican National Committee is putting Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation fight front and center with voters just weeks before Election Day.

 

— ABC News: Top Stories

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Voters believe winner of election should fill court vacancy, poll shows

A Times/Siena College poll showed that 56 percent said the next president should nominate a Supreme Court justice. And Joe Biden retained a clear lead over President Trump, 49 to 41 percent.

— NYT: Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns

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Public to mourn Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she lies in repose at Supreme Court

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was to lay in repose outside the Supreme Court Wednesday for an unprecedented public viewing.

 

— ABC News: Top Stories

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Cory Booker says GOP move to immediately confirm Ginsburg successor undermines legitimacy of Supreme Court

Senate Judiciary Committee member Cory Booker, D-N.J., warned Republicans would harm the Supreme Court’s legitimacy by forcing through a nominee.

 

— FOX News: Tyler Olson

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Miss. Supreme Court says voters with coronavirus vulnerability don’t automatically qualify for absentee ballots

Mississippi voters more vulnerable to the coronavirus because of preexisting conditions don’t necessarily qualify to cast an absentee ballot, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Friday.

 

— FOX News: Brie Stimson