News Desk
US President Donald Trump reveled in one of his signature achievements on Monday at a White House ceremony. He celebrated Senate confirmation of his third Supreme Court (SC) nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. The made-for-TV prime time event on the White House lawn mirrored one a month ago, when Barrett’s nomination was announced, which preceded a coronavirus outbreak among top Republicans including Trump himself. It came little more than an hour after the Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Barrett to the lifetime appointment on a 52-48 vote, with Democrats unified in opposition. Her confirmation as successor to liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month, creates a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court.
