How’s this for anticlimactic? The Supreme Court had an appeal from Pennsylvania Republicans for three weeks. State law unambiguously says that mail-in votes are due at 8 p.m. on Election Day. But the Pennsylvania Supreme Court pushed that deadline back to Nov. 6, even if the ballot lacks any legible postmark. Source: The Supreme Court’s Election Dodge – WSJ

udge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. Her confirmation seems very likely. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court confirmation process has become a predictable and partisan affair. Source: Why the Senate Should Confirm Judge Barrett | Mark Movsesian | First Things

By: Kevin D. Williamson – nationalreview.com – October 14, 2020 The Amy Coney Barrett hearings have been the kind of goat rodeo that gives goat rodeos a bad name. Some lowlights: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) came out as a full-blown conspiracy kook, briefly converting the chamber into a “room full of crazy” (“Beautiful Mind conspiracy charts,” Senate Ben Sasse called them) with his hilariously...

I wanted to share with you two articles I have written for ALL ISRAEL NEWS, because they are relevant to tonight’s must-see and high-stakes debate. (yes, I plan to get up at 4am here in Israel to watch the debate live.) Source: Joel C. Rosenberg’s Blog – Tracking events and trends in Israel, the U.S., Russia and throughout the Epicenter...

You might think the Democrats’ procedural extremism to oust President Trump would wind down as the election gets closer with polls showing a large Joe Biden lead. But that underestimates their fanatic animosity. Now they’re invoking the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to declare the President non compos mentis. Source: Nancy Pelosi’s Insanity Plea – WSJ

Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) on Sunday called Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s refusal to say whether he would add seats to the Supreme Court if elected “grotesque,” saying court packing amounts to the “suicide bombing of two branches of government.” Source: Ben Sasse: Court Packing Is ‘Suicide Bombing of Two Branches of Government’ | National Review

Everyone has had to make adjustments in 2020. Businesses, schools, law firms and even places of worship have had to meet virtually or find other ways of adapting to the new normal. Yet Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) now seeks to hold legislators to a different standard, requiring in-person Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Schumer’s ploy is...

Tuesday night’s presidential debate—the first between Donald Trump and Joe Biden—began with a question about the Supreme Court, not surprisingly given the pending nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. President Trump has been transparent on the issue. Regrettably, transparency continues to be a one-way street. Source: Carrie Severino: Why is Biden still stonewalling on the Supreme Court? | Fox News

In a Sane World, suggests Kathryn Jean Lopez, America Would Have Just Fallen in Love with the Barrett Family. After all, Amy Coney Barrett’s scholarly brilliance is recognized by legal minds on both the left and the right. Plus, she’s the mom of seven children, including two that were adopted from Haiti. Her youngest child, who has Down Syndrome, is...

The death of the liberal icon Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, greatly admired even by her opponents, has wildly transformed the presidential campaign. Source: Ginsburg’s Death Puts Rule of Law and the Constitution on November Ballot | RealClearPolitics