Trump formally announced Amy Coney Barrett — a devout Catholic and mom to seven kids who's served on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals since 2017 — as his third SCOTUS nominee in just under four years
President Donald Trump made it official on Saturday: He wants Amy Coney Barrett to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s vacant Supreme Court seat. And he relishes the upcoming confirmation battle that could solidify the court’s conservative leaning for decades to come.
If confirmed by the Senate, Barrett will replace Ginsburg, the longtime liberal justice who died just over a week ago. Her appointment would firmly tilt the court toward the right for the first time in decades, potentially altering the outcome of key upcoming court cases on issues like Obamacare, reproductive rights and even the presidential election.
The journey to Barrett’s nomination can be traced back to her confirmation hearing in 2017 for her current appeals court post. During the hearing, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, pressed Barrett about her Catholic faith — “the dogma lives loudly within you,” she said. Barrett told senators her religious beliefs would not affect her decisions.
Trump unfurled his choice with predictable pomp and circumstance that paid little heed to the ongoing pandemic. Most guests in the large crowd of roughly 150 were maskless and seated right next to one another. American flags were draped along the colonnade of the Rose Garden. State flags lined the other side that opens to the White House lawn.
“Trump likes her conservative principles and values and I think he likes the fact that she makes all the conservatives very happy,” said a second Republican close to the White House.
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