A Mark Kelly win in Ariz. Senate race could spoil McConnell's plans to replace Ginsburg  —  WASHINGTON — Arizona's critical Senate race has suddenly taken on extra weight since Democrat Mark Kelly could potentially be sworn in early enough to vote on a replacement for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg if he wins.

Trump's Supreme Court Pick Shrouded In Secrecy  —  Candidates on the short list for a Supreme Court vacancy undergo intense vetting that typically culminates in a one-on-one interview with the president.  —  The process is shrouded in secrecy, but President Trump's flair for the dramatic …

A 5-Decade-Long Friendship That Began With A Phone Call  —  In 1971, newly assigned to cover the Supreme Court, I was reading a brief in what would ultimately be the landmark case of Reed v. Reed.  It argued that the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause applied to women.

Can Trump and McConnell Push Through a Successor to Ruth Bader Ginsburg?  —  In Washington, grief yields quickly to calculation.  The announcement of the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court Justice and epic figure in American legal history, came in the early evening on Friday.

A Ginsburg replacement is ‘worth the White House and Senate’: Why, and how, Republicans will push through Trump's Supreme Court nominee  —  WASHINGTON — Even before the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday night, November's presidential election was shaping …

Susan Collins: No Supreme Court vote before Election Day  —  Sen. Susan Collins in the Senate subway in March 2020.  Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images  —  Collins said that the Senate should begin the confirmation process, but that no floor vote should be held until the next president is chosen.

Mitch McConnell's Calculation  —  There is going to be a SCOTUS vote before the election  —  Anyone who has observed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's career knows there are only two things he cares about: maintaining his Senate majority leader position and confirming judges.

The tortured logic from right-wing media about replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg  —  Back in 2016 and early 2017, Fox News was the self-satisfied home to a great deal of principled thinking about the importance of the American people's will.  —  Here, for example, was Laura Ingraham …

What Republican Senators Say in Private  —  N, early every reporter in Washington has experienced it: A Republican member of Congress says “off the record,” shifts into a quieter voice, and expresses how much he or she doesn't like President Donald Trump.  Soon after, you watch …

Live Updates: A Tip Sheet for the Senate Fight Over Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Seat  —  President Trump said he expected to nominate a replacement for Justice Ginsburg next week.  Her death rapidly reshaped the race between Mr. Trump and Joe Biden and led to a political fight in the Senate.

Biden takes cautious approach to SCOTUS storm  —  The morning after Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death set the political world ablaze and reordered the presidential race, Joe Biden called it a day.  Publicly, at least.  —  His campaign announced at 8:34 a.m. Saturday there would be no candidate news or activity for the rest of the day.