On Saturday evening President Donald Trump announced judge Amy Coney Barrett will be his nominee to fill the vacant seat on the Supreme Court of the United States.
“I stand before you today to fulfill one of my highest and most important duties under the United States Constitution: The nomination of a supreme court justice,” said President Trump, alongside Barrett and her family.
President Trump then announced his nominee is Amy Coney Barrett.
“Today it is my honor to nominate one of our nation’s most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the Supreme Court, she is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution, Judge Amy Coney Barrett.”
President @realDonaldTrump announces his intent to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett! pic.twitter.com/rgQEcSETKk
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 26, 2020
President Trump and Judge Barrett both delivered short speeches.
LIVE: President @realDonaldTrump Announces Nominee to the Supreme Court https://t.co/y6BDV0FxLB
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 26, 2020
President Trump previously promised to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court, and announced Barrett as a potential nominee.
On Barrett and the nominating process, National File reported:
The White House has announced that President Trump will name his nominee to fill the seat left vacant on the United States Supreme court at the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday. That nomination will set into motion the constitutionally mandated “advice and consent” confirmation hearings in the US Senate.
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President Trump has made it clear that he intends to nominate a female to the vacant Supreme Court seat and his short-list has some in Washington speculating on two likely choices.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, 48, sits on the Chicago-based Seventh US Court of Appeals. Barrett clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia and was a law professor at the University of Notre Dame. A pro-life Roman Catholic, Barrett is seen as an originalist believing that the US Constitution should be interpreted as the Framers intended.
I will be announcing my Supreme Court Nominee on Saturday, at the White House! Exact time TBA.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22, 2020
This is a developing news story and may be updated as additional information becomes available.
