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It was a 12-hour session. Twenty-two senators took turns questioning Judge Amy Coney Barrett on her record and beliefs.\n\nSenator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, evoked personal experience of life before Roe v. Wade and asked Judge Barrett whether she would vote to overturn abortion rights.\n\nOn that question, Judge Barrett demurred \u2014 an approach she would take to other contentious issues, including whether she would recuse herself if a presidential election dispute came before the court.\n\nWith Judge Barrett\u2019s confirmation all but certain, Democratic senators pressed her more with the election in mind than out of any hope of derailing her rise.\n\nAdam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, gives us a rundown of the second day of the hearings.\n\nGuest: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times.\n\n\n\n\nFor more information on today\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily\xa0\n\nBackground reading:\xa0In declining to detail her legal views, Judge Barrett said she would not be \u201ca pawn\u201d of President Trump.With the hearing taking place closer to an election than any other Supreme Court confirmation \u2014 and with the Senate Republican majority at real risk \u2014 the proceeding was riddled with electoral politics.Judge Barrett\u2019s testimony was a deft mix of expertise and evasion. She demonstrated easy familiarity with Supreme Court precedents but said almost nothing about whether they should stand.