Akira Neverest

The risk of COVID-19 hung over Monday’s opening of Amy Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Republican President Donald Trump formally nominated Barrett at a packed Sept. 26 White House ceremony. Days later, he and a spate of advisers tested positive for the respiratory disease that has killed more than 214,000 people in the United States.

Amy Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearings opened with the Senate hearing room including the judge's children and at least one…