United States President Donald Trump on Saturday nominated conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as a replacement to former liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18, Reuters reported.
The move came amid Democrats’ opposition to the nomination before the presidential elections on November 3. If Barrett is confirmed as a replacement of Ginsburg, the balance of power in the 9-member Supreme Court would shift in the favour of the Republicans by 6-3. This may prove advantageous to Trump as the US president has already said that he wishes to confirm a replacement for Ginsburg because he expects the result of the elections to end up in the Supreme Court, according to The New York Times.
Before her death, Ginsburg had reportedly said that she wanted her replacement to be chosen after the election, by the next president.
As the Republicans…