Hello and welcome to the Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

As of yesterday, it seems clear that there's at least some water on the moon, potentially

huge news for countries that want to explore or even to colonize it. We examine the opening

salvos in a wider battle. Who will own the water rights? And the flag of Australia's

Aboriginal people is one of the country's official flags.

But unlike the banners of many nations, it doesn't actually belong to the people. First up, though.

On this vote, the A's are 52, the nays are 48.

The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana

to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the

United States is confirmed. Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice

in America yesterday, shifting the court's ideological balance ever further to the right.

I, Amy Coney Barrett, you solemnly swear.

The appointment was a bitterly partisan affair,

coming just five weeks after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,

a liberal icon.

It is highly fitting that Justice Barrett fills the seat of a true pioneer for women.

Democrats were infuriated by the timing of the confirmation just a week before America's elections.

The United States Senate has never, never

considered a Supreme Court justice this close to a national presidential election day,

especially one in which tens of millions of Americans

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