The Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee will begin holding confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination Monday. Senate Democrats have conceded that they don’t have the tools to stop Republicans from confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett as a justice of the Supreme Court. But they could slow the nomination and impose political costs on Republicans for proceeding. Here is a sampler of some of the procedural issues at play as the 22-member Senate Judiciary Committee, which has 12 Republican...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 11, 2020 23:21 UTC