Trump thrusts Supreme Court pick into election-year turmoil
He says in debate he’s ‘counting on them’ if there’s voting dispute
By LISA MASCARO, Associated Press
Published: September 30, 2020, 5:09pm
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett meets with Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 at the Capitol in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)Photo Gallery
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s stark expectation that the Supreme Court will intervene to “look at the ballots” in what he calls a rigged election casts new questions Wednesday on the Senate’s rush to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the vacant seat before Nov. 3.
Barrett was on Capitol Hill for a second day meeting with senators ahead of confirmation hearings as lawmakers of both parties brace for the potential of delayed election night results or a disputed presidential election that lands before the high court.
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