Inside the powerful group remaking America’s courts

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<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AN9l8htkURGSyVSTqWhnkPA">Atlantic</a> calls Amy Coney Barrett a &ldquo;luminary&rdquo; of the conservative legal movement and traces her rise to the Federalist Society, which has had a major influence on federal judge selection during Republican administrations.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/Ah-1oTlouTKOJYpEHXHdJIw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Stat</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/AdIlUnsbVTs2uhaqo3yo9wg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BuzzFeed</a> provide some context to two recently paused COVID-19-related clinical trials &mdash; and explain why these pauses indicate the system is working.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AapNoO0cgTsq3J2b2og78Vg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a>&lsquo;s <em>Voices From the Pandemic</em> series features the story of Tony Green, who thought COVID-19 was overblown until he got sick and lost a close family member to the virus.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AomAwKqXFRBy3dFlB943TvQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> explains why voters are often not allowed to wear clothes that contain political messaging when they go to the polls.</p>