President Donald Trump is expected to put forth a nominee to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat in the coming days, multiple sources close to the president and with direct knowledge of the situation told ABC News. The sources describes the list of potential nominees as very short and including at least
President Donald Trump is expected to put forth a nominee to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat in the coming days, multiple sources close to the president and with direct knowledge of the situation told ABC News.
McConnell, who refused to bring then-President Barack Obama's nominee to replace Antonin Scalia in 2016 -- Merrick Garland -- to the floor for a vote, said he will not do the same this time. Trump told CNN in March 2016 that he believed the next president -- presumably him -- should pick the nominee, not Obama.
Judge Amul ThaparThapar was confirmed to the 6th Circuit in May 2017 and was previously federal judge in Kentucky before Trump nominated him to the 6th Circuit.
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