Lessthantwoweeksbeforethepresidentialelection, theRepublicanledUSSenateJudiciaryCommitteeonThursdayapprovedPresidentDonaldTrump's nominationofAmyConeyBarrettto a lifetimeSupremeCourtseatdespite a Democraticboycott.
TheUnitedStatesSenatehasneverneverconsidered a SupremeCourtjusticethiscloseto a nationalpresidentialelectionday, especiallyoneinwhichtensofmillionsofAmericanshavealreadyvoted.