Amy Coney Barrett faces Senate questioning: US election live news

The second day of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has begun, with Senators given the opportunity to question her. Joe Biden campaigns in Florida, a state seen as key to a Trump victory, on Tuesday. After returning to the campaign trail on Monday, Trump heads to Pennsylvania. Early voting began in Kentucky and Texas, with 21 days left until the November 3 election. Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the United States elections. This is Joseph Stepansky. Tuesday, October 13: 11:30 ET – Barrett said she can’t give her opinion on recusing herself from election-related litigation Supreme Court nominee Barrett has said she can’t give an opinion on whether she’d recuse herself from any election-related litigation involving Trump. Barrett said she has not been asked by Trump or anyone else how she’d rule in possible upcoming cases, including the election. She said it would be a gross violation of judicial independence to make a commitment on how she’d rule. She added it’s a violation of the judicial independence to put a justice on the court as a means of obtaining a particular result. But Trump has said he would look for justices who were anti-abortion. He’s said he wanted the full nine justices to decide election-related matters. style="width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;">