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Trump says he WILL nominate a woman to replace RBG on the Supreme Court as he praises Amy Coney Barrett & Barbara Lagoa
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has said he will nominate a female judge to the Supreme Court to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Addressing a rally in Fayetteville, on Saturday, said he will announce a nominee next week, adding; "it will be a woman".
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The president earlier told reporters at the White House that a woman is in "first place" to take the seat, before naming top female judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa on his shortlist.
Trump claims he has an "obligation" to fill the seat "without delay" following the
"I will be putting forth a nominee next week," Trump told his supporters.
He later told the crowd: "It will be a woman. A very talented, very brilliant woman."
The president said he had not yet made a decision on the final candidate, but had "numerous people on the list."
Trump first told reporters a woman would be "most likely" for a nomination of a Supreme Court seat as he prepared to head to the rally.
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"If someone were to ask me now, I would say a woman would be in first place, yes," Trump said outside the White House.
"The choice of a woman I would say would certainly be appropriate."
During a phone call with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday night, Trump indicated favor for two women in particular, sources told .
Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, and Barbara Lagoa of the 11th Circuit were both named on the call, two sources told The Post.
Allison Jones Rushing, who served as a clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, is also up for consideration, the Associated Press reported.
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Kate Todd, who serves as the deputy assistant to the president and deputy counsel to the president, is also on the list, sources told
As Trump considers women as the top picks, one male – Judge Amul Thapar – is also reportedly being considered.
Trump's list of potential SCOTUS picks
On September 9, Trump released a list of 20 additional people he might nominate to the Supreme Court if there was a vacancy, on top of 25 people previously named
- Bridget Bade, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
- Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
- Keith Blackwell, a justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
- Daniel Cameron, Kentucky's attorney general
- Charles Canady, a Florida Supreme Court justice
- Paul Clement, a partner with Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
- Steven Colloton, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- Tom Cotton, US senator from Arkansas
- Ted Cruz, US senator from Texas
- Stuart Kyle Duncan, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- Allison Eid, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
- Steven Engel, the assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice
- Noel Francisco, the US solicitor general until July
- Britt Grant, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- Raymond Gruender, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- Thomas Hardiman, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- Josh Hawley, a US senator from Missouri
- James Ho, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- Gregory Katsas, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Raymond Kethledge, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- Barbara Lagoa, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- Christopher Landau, the US ambassador to Mexico
- Joan Larsen, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- Mike Lee, a US senator from Utah
- Thomas Lee, a justice on the Supreme Court of Utah
- Edward Mansfield, a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
- Federico Moreno, a federal judge in Florida
- Carlos Muniz, a justice on the Florida Supreme Court
- Kevin Newsom, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- Martha Pacold, a federal judge in Illinois
- Peter Phipps, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- Sarah Pitlyk, a federal judge in Missouri
- William Pryor, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- Allison Jones Rushing, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
- Margaret Ryan, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- David Stras, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- Diane Sykes, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
- Amul Thapar, a judge of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
- Kate Todd, deputy counsel to Trump
- Timothy Tymkovich, chief judge of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Lawrence VanDyke, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
- Don Willett, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- Patrick Wyrick, a judge on the Supreme Court of Oklahoma
- Robert Young, chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
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"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," Trump on Saturday morning.
"We have this obligation, without delay!" he added.
Trump's list of nominees is said to be "very short."
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