“U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett often rules for police in excessive force cases”: Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters have this report.

“California Pastor Wants To Take Case Against COVID-19 Restrictions To Supreme Court”: Aaron Bolton had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday.”

“Catholic Newspaper Urges Senate To Reject Barrett’s Supreme Court Nomination”: This audio segment appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Pointing to pandemic and election controversies, Democrats make their case for Texas Supreme Court; Democrats argue the high court’s pandemic-related decisions show GOP incumbents should be unseated in November; Republicans say the virus is another argument for sticking with the status quo”: Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Amy Coney Barrett’s first case as Supreme Court justice could be one that decides presidential election; One of the first cases she could hear as ‘ new Supreme Court justice could decide who wins the White House”: Andrew O’Reilly of Fox News has this report.

“Barrett will complicate John Roberts’ goal of keeping the Supreme Court out of politics”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Enlarging the Supreme Court is the only answer to the right’s judicial radicalism”: Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Amy Coney Barrett: What Comes Next and How the Supreme Court Will Change; A look at what to expect in Judge Barrett’s confirmation process.” Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Barrett nomination clears Senate hurdle, putting her on course to confirmation to Supreme Court”: Seung Min Kim of The Washington Post has this report.

Lindsay Wise of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Senate Advances Supreme Court Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett; Final vote to confirm President Trump’s nominee is expected Monday.”

Lisa Mascaro of The Associated Press reports that “Senate votes to advance Barrett; confirmation expected Mon.”

Clare Foran and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “Senate advances Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination in key procedural vote.”

Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Senate votes to limit debate on Barrett Supreme Court nomination, move toward final vote Monday evening; The Senate will have 30 hours to engage in debate over Barrett’s nomination before voting.”

And Jordain Carney of The Hill has reports headlined “GOP clears key hurdle on Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, setting up Monday confirmation” and “Senate to hold all-night session ahead of Barrett confirmation vote.”

Today, the U.S. Senate voted 51-to-48 to invoke cloture on the nomination of Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Pack the court? Battles between Republicans and Democrats fuel clash over Supreme Court’s future.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“We Were Clerks at the Supreme Court. Its Legitimacy Is Now in Question. Brazen politics in Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation process threatens the court’s standing with the public.” Jamie Crooks and Samir Deger-Sen have this essay online at The New York Times.