Trump vows to choose a woman to fill Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat – By Geoff Bennett, Shannon Pettypiece and Monica Alba (NBC News) / Sept 19 2020
While the timing is fluid, the president said on Saturday that a nominee would be announced “next week.”
WASHINGTON — At a campaign rally Saturday in North Carolina, President Donald Trump left no doubt about the gender of his forthcoming choice for the Supreme Court: “It will be a woman.”
Supporters in Fayetteville chanted, “Fill that seat.” Trump said he did not have a nominee yet but would make his choice “next week.”
“We have numerous women on the list,” Trump said.
Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appellate court judge, has emerged as one of the front-runners to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, three sources told NBC News.
Barrett, 48, was on the shortlist in 2018 to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy when Trump — who on Saturday called her “very respected” — ultimately selected Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
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