(CNN) With just 44 days left in the 2020 election, the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- and Senate Republicans' commitment to try to confirm her replacement before the election -- drops a hugely volatile free radical into an already combustible race. Below, an extended look at how Democrats and Republicans see the SCOTUS political tea leaves. * How Republicans see the politics: For President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans, anything that changes the national conversation from the chief executive's mishandling of the coronavirus is a good thing. Which means the 21 other Republican seats are in territory that Trump won. The question for Democrats, then, is how much -- if at all -- they inject the idea of adding court seats into the fall campaign.

Source: CNN September 20, 2020 21:56 UTC