Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed by the US Senate on Monday night in a vote largely along party lines, giving President Donald Trump his third Supreme Court justice just a week before election day.
The conservative jurist’s appointment gives the court a 6-3 majority of Republican-appointed justices just in time to rule on election-related cases that could be pivotal to the outcome of the race.
Ms Barrett was confirmed by 52 votes to 48, with just one senator, a Republican, crossing the aisle. After the vote, she took one of two required oaths at an outdoor event at the White House with Justice Clarence Thomas.
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