Ginsburg's death reshapes presidential campaign in final weeks

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg with the Senate Judiciary Committee which included Biden (second from left) on Capitol Hill, Washington in 1993. — Reuters

JUSTICE Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death thrust the Supreme Court into the center of the presidential race just six weeks before Election Day, and with voting under way in some states, reshaping the showdown between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

For Trump and his Republican allies in the Senate, the vacancy lets him change the subject away from the coronavirus pandemic that has imperiled his odds for winning a second term. Now, they can offer their base a chance to tighten the conservative majority on the high court for years to come.