U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will tell senators that courts "should not try" to make policy, leaving those decisions to the political branches of government, according to opening remarks for her confirmation hearing obtained Sunday by The Associated Press. President Donald Trump nominated the federal appeals court judge soon after Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Sept. 18. "The public should not expect courts to do so, and courts should not try." Barrett would be Trump's third Supreme Court justice. No Supreme Court nominee has ever been confirmed so close to a presidential election.

Source: CBC News October 11, 2020 14:37 UTC