On Friday night, September 18, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell learned that liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died of cancer at the age of 87. And according to PBS' "Frontline," McConnell contacted President Donald Trump that very night and made it clear he wanted to see Judge Amy Coney Barrett nominated for the seat and confirmed by the U.S. Senate as quickly as possible.

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McConnell pushed Trump to pick Amy Coney Barrett the night of Justice Ginsburg’s death: documentary

NEW YORK -- A huge colorful portrait of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now greets passersby over an East Village crosswalk in New York City. Read More

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A life in colors: NYC celebrates Ruth Bader Ginsburg with East Village mural

As 2020 nears its conclusion, many things are coming to an end: Donald Trump’s presidency, America’s superpower status, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s once-remarkable record of being alive. Now, add another one to the list: the Krassenstein family is quitting Twitter.The Krassenstein family were humans who could only exist in the age of Donald Trump. That is, if they were really human at all; Cockburn is skeptical.

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Mission accomplished: sunset of the Krassensteins

After the passing of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September, President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, former judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, to the Supreme Court. She was confirmed as an associate justice just one week before the general el

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Will Amy Coney Barrett challenge women's reproductive rights? — The Hofstra Chronicle

From Ruth Bader Ginsburg to grocery clerks, Montclair woman is capturing the people and events that highlighted 2020.

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NJ woman's painted 'Wall of Gratitude' chronicles 2020. (It's not all grim)

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Turley: The Notorious SAA: Democrats denounce Alito after years of praising Ginsburg for controversial comments

When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died this year, Democrats — foremost among them progressive Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — advocated expanding the size of the Supreme Court. The point was to counterbalance what became a 6-3 conservative majority after President Trump’s appointee, Amy Coney Barrett, was confirmed.This is an idea called “court-packing.

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Channel Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a collared top the right side of cuteThe collar is the headline on your outfit, and everything else is the small print. A collar can stand as shorthand for your socioeconomic status – white collar versus blue collar – and can even, in the case of a dog collar, vouch for your godliness.Fashion’s latest collar is most definitely headline-grabbing.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called Amy Coney Barrett “an illegitimate Supreme Court justice" during an Election Day news conference on Tuesday, just one week after Barrett was confirmed as President Trump's third Supreme Court pick.



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