Senate confirms Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court, solidifying conservative majority

The Senate on Monday confirmed Trump-nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, solidifying its conservative majority eight days before Election Day.

Barrett joins the high court on the same night it rejected Democrats' request to extend the deadline for counting mail-in ballots in Wisconsin – in what is expected to be one of several legal cases that could determine the outcome of President Trump's reelection bid against Democratic challenger Joe Biden.