Trump 'saving' Amy Coney Barrett for Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Supreme Court seat
President Trump is understood to be “saving” U.S. Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
“I’m saving her for Ginsburg,” Trump said a number of times while in discussions about replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy last year, according to Axios.
Barrett, 47, is socially conservative Catholic with seven children - two of whom were adopted from Haiti. Her academic writings suggest she might support overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade case.
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Trump went with Justice Brett Kavanaugh to replace Kennedy, who retired in July. During talks about Supreme Court picks, Trump’s advisers were worried that nominating Barrett could cost the votes of Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, who supported to Roe v. Wade.
Ginsburg has indicated she won't retire while Trump is in office. She is 86 and has had three bouts of cancer. This year she missed oral arguments for the first time in her 25 years on the court.
Kavanaugh endured a bruising nomination last year. His confirmation vote came by way of a slim 50-48 margin after accusations of sexual misconduct when he was in high school emerged.
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