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A week after the death of icon of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump has apparently found a successor. This is totally to the taste of extreme conservatives.
There is mounting evidence of the appointment of conservative attorney Amy Coney Barrett as successor to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the United States Supreme Court. President Donald Trump intends to nominate Barrett as a candidate on Saturday, television stations CNN and CBS, as well as the “New York Times” reported. They cited people who are familiar with the selection process. Trump had announced that he would nominate a woman for the position and there are several applicants on his list.
Trump only confirmed on Friday that he had engaged to a candidate. When asked by reporters if he would nominate Barrett, Trump said, “I didn’t say that.” He has already made his decision and has rated Barrett “outstanding.” However, the sources did not rule out that the president could change his mind at the last minute. Trump wants to announce the nomination on Saturday afternoon (11pm CEST).
The race for justice only “means for an end”
Barrett, 48, had already shortlisted Trump when he held the previous Supreme Court seat in 2018. The Catholic is seen as a clear opponent of abortion, in conservative circles and on the religious right, Barrett is sometimes revered as A heroine. The mother of seven, who has two adopted children from Haiti and a son with Down syndrome, is a strict anti-abortionist.
Amy Coney Barrett: The law career is just “a means to an end” for her. (Source: Matt Cashore / Notre Dame University / Reuters)
His religious opinions were always an obstacle. During her time as a law professor at the renowned Catholic private university of Notre Dame, she once said at a conference that a career in justice is always only a “means to an end”, and the goal is “to build the kingdom of God. “. Critics hold this judgment against her to this day.
However, at the Senate hearing for her current position as a judge on an appeals court in 2017, she assured that she would only be guided by the law and not by her faith. It is believed to support the legal theory that the Constitution of the United States should be interpreted according to its original meaning and not reinterpreted.
Barrett is valued for her polished legal arguments, but she has very little experience as a judge. Her 2017 appeal to the Federal Court of Appeals in Chicago earned her her first judicial job.
His stance on the right to abortion, one of the most controversial issues in the United States, is not the only point that lifts the barricade of criticism. He has also campaigned for the right to own guns and cracked down on the health care reform known as “Obamacare” by Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama.
Trump wants to fill positions before the elections
The US Supreme Court often has the final say on policy issues related to issues such as abortion, immigration, gun rights, and discrimination. The judges are appointed for life. Of the nine Supreme Court seats, only three will be filled by clearly liberal judges after their death. With Trump’s candidate, the Conservatives would have a majority of six votes. That could shape America in the long run.
Trump also said he wanted the Supreme Court to be fully occupied, also with a view to possible disputes over the outcome of the presidential election. The president has been claiming for weeks that the publication of ballots dramatically increased the risk of voter fraud. The experts and those responsible for the elections deny it. Meanwhile, in the Corona crisis, many more American citizens than usual are voting by mail.
The Supreme Court justices are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Republicans have a majority of 53 of the 100 seats in the House. Trump aims to fill Ginsburg’s job before the November 3 presidential election. So far, only two Republican senators have spoken out against such a swift decision. Democrats, by contrast, are demanding that the winner of the presidential election decide who will succeed Ginsburg.
Obama failed his election in election year
Another factor contributing to the controversy surrounding Ginsburg’s successor was the fact that in 2016 Republicans in the Senate blocked a candidate from then-President Barack Obama to succeed the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated at the time, among other things, that the Senate should not hold any Supreme Court justice position in an election year. Now he has withdrawn that rule claiming that this time the White House and the Senate are in the hands of a single party.
Ginsburg died Friday of last week of complications from cancer. The 87-year-old was a liberal icon in America.
