The media reports said Mr. Trump could still change his mind between now and the announcement on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump plans to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the nine-member bench of the US Supreme Court to fill up the vacancy following the death of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg, multiple news reports said on Friday.
Mr. Trump has said he will announce his Supreme Court nominee at the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday (early hours of Sunday in India).
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Ms. Barrett (48) is currently a judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, for which she was nominated by Trump in 2017. The US Senate confirmed her nomination by 55-43 votes.
The media reports said Mr. Trump could still change his mind between now and the announcement on Saturday.
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