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The President of the United States, Donald Trump, nominated Amy Connie Barrett as the new Justice of the Supreme Court. The BBC reports that Barrett’s appointment will be replaced by that of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Beder Ginsberg, if confirmed by a vote in the United States Senate.
Amy Connie Barrett, 48, is a popular figure among religious conservatives. In a speech in the White House Rose Garden, Trump described her as “a woman of outstanding achievement.”
On Saturday, announcing Judge Barrett as the nominee, Trump described him as “a brilliant scholar and judge with an unwavering adherence to the Constitution.”
Meanwhile, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has asked the Senate not to nominate a candidate for the vacant seat (Supreme Court) until the people of the United States elect the next president and Congress.
The BBC also reports a fierce battle between Republicans and Democrats for confirmation of the nomination in the Senate before the November presidential election can begin.
If the appointment is confirmed, Barrett will be the third judge nominated by President Trump on the Supreme Court, increasing the gap between most conservative justices on the United States Supreme Court to 6-3.
In that case, Republicans could take advantage of important Supreme Court decisions for decades to come.
Justices of the United States Supreme Court have the opportunity to serve until their death. His decision could shape decades of gun policy, from universal suffrage to abortion.
Liberal groups in the United States, including Democrats, are concerned about Barrett’s appointment.
After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, he worked as an employee of the late Judge Antonin Scalia. In 2016, Donald Trump appointed him to the Chicago-based Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Judge Ginsberg died in Washington DC on September 17 at the age of eight. He was the oldest judge on the United States Supreme Court. Ginsberg was also the second judge appointed to the Supreme Court.
His death sparked a political rift between Democrats and Republicans for filling the vacant post on the Supreme Court.
Democrats fear that before the November election, Republicans will nominate someone who will guarantee a conservative majority on the US Supreme Court for decades.
