Looks like news is coming down that the wheels are finally in motion.
President Donald Trump will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a deeply conservative opponent of abortion rights, on Saturday to replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, multiple news outlets reported Friday evening.
Sources close to the president told The New York Times that Trump met with Barrett this week and was impressed by her.
Barrett, whom Trump appointed to the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 2017, is widely viewed as an ideological heir to conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who Barrett clerked for in the late 1990s.
If confirmed, the 48-year-old judge would shift the ideological balance of the court sharply to the right, giving conservatives a 6-3 majority.
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Republican leadership, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has vowed to vet, hold hearings for, and confirm Trump's nominee before Election Day, which is just 38 days away. The average Supreme Court nomination process takes about 70 days. Two Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — have said they don't support a vote on the nominee before Inauguration Day.
President Donald Trump will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a deeply conservative opponent of abortion rights, on Saturday to replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, multiple news outlets reported Friday evening.
Sources close to the president told The New York Times that Trump met with Barrett this week and was impressed by her.
Barrett, whom Trump appointed to the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in 2017, is widely viewed as an ideological heir to conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who Barrett clerked for in the late 1990s.
If confirmed, the 48-year-old judge would shift the ideological balance of the court sharply to the right, giving conservatives a 6-3 majority.
(...)
Republican leadership, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has vowed to vet, hold hearings for, and confirm Trump's nominee before Election Day, which is just 38 days away. The average Supreme Court nomination process takes about 70 days. Two Republican senators — Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine — have said they don't support a vote on the nominee before Inauguration Day.
Trump nominates antiabortion conservative Amy Coney Barrett to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court
Barrett's addition to the court would shift the ideological balance of it sharply to the right, giving conservatives a 6-3 majority.
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