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Trump infuses politics into his choice for the Supreme Court

by Associated Press
| September 24, 2020 10:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is infusing deliberations over his coming nomination of a new Supreme Court justice with political meaning as he aims to maximize the benefit before Nov. 3 and even secure an electoral backstop should the result be contested.

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