WASHINGTON _ An election year featuring the impeachment of the president, the worst pandemic in a century, a catastrophic recession and racial unrest has left the race for the White House largely in the same place: Joe Biden holding a steady lead over Donald Trump nationally and in key battleground states.
If a Supreme Court fight suddenly upends the contest, it would prove the exception.
In the days since Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, Republicans and Democrats alike have rushed to declare that the looming battle over the newly opened Supreme Court seat will prove politically beneficial, confident it will galvanize their base and offer a critical motivational boost in the presidential campaign's final weeks.
