WASHINGTON—Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to boycott the panel’s Thursday vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, in protest of Republicans’ push to get President Trump’s pick confirmed before Election Day. Judge Barrett was nominated last month by President Trump to fill the vacancy created by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and she is expected to solidify a conservative majority on the court if confirmed by the full Senate in the coming days. Democrats say that...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 21, 2020 23:48 UTC