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Trump to name Supreme Court pick on weekend
    2020-09-23  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he will announce his nominee for the empty Supreme Court seat at the end of this week, kickstarting a political fight set to upend the already nail-biting election.

Trump said that he is considering five women for the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Speaking to reporters at the White House before leaving for the state of Ohio to campaign, Trump said they are being “vetted very carefully” and that he has spoken to some of the candidates and will also have some in-person meetings.

Judges Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa, and Allison Jones Rushing are said to be on Trump’s shortlist.

Barrett and Lagoa, both confirmed in bipartisan votes by the Senate, are reportedly top contenders.

Down in the polls against Democratic opponent Joe Biden and widely criticized for his handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Republican is seizing on the sudden vacancy at the constitutional court as a way to change the subject and super-charge his right-wing base.

“We’ll make a decision probably Saturday, maybe Friday” between five female candidates, Trump told reporters.

The death last week of Ginsburg stripped the court, which was already tilted to the right, of one of its steadiest liberal votes.

(SD-Agencies)

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