EditorialSen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks after presiding over Judge Merrick Garland's conformation hearing to serve as attorney general, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 22, 2021. (Stefani Reynolds/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) displays posters showing the “dark money” influence wielded by conservative groups in judicial nominations, during the second day of the Senate conformation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for Supreme Court, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times)
EditorialSen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) using posters to explain his points during the second day of the Senate conformation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for Supreme Court, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (Alex Edelman/Pool via The New York Times)
EditorialPendant: hare, Classical, 5th century B.C., Italic, Amber, Other: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm), Miscellaneous-Amber, Pendant of a hare or a cowrie shell which illustrates the Etruscan predilection for depicting more than one form in an object. The irregular con...