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Donald Trump has once again reiterated his desire to select a new supreme court justice while the Republicans have power over the presidency and Senate.
.@GOP We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices. We have this obligation, without delay!
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Various sources have reported that Donald Trump wants a woman to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg. If those reports are true, the most likely candidate would be the 48-year-old Amy Coney Barrett, who could potentially sit on the Supreme Court for decades. Here’s how our national affairs correspondent, Tom McCarthy, describes her:
Barrett worries progressives as a committed Roman Catholic with conservative views on social issues. At Barrett’s circuit court confirmation hearings, the Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein expressed concern that the judge would be guided by church law instead of the constitution.
“The dogma lives loudly within you and that’s a concern,” Feinstein said, “when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for for years in this country.” Continue reading...