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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell departs the Senate chamber on February 28, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate.
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How an uncharismatic Kentucky lawyer came to rule the Senate and remake the federal judiciary from top to bottom.