Donald Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett To US Supreme Court, Joe Biden Opposes

Nominating Barret to the Supreme Court, Trump said that she is "one of the most brilliant and gifted minds" in the legal world.

US President Donald Trump announces his US Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett (R), in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on September 26, 2020. Barrett, if confirmed by the US Senate, will replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18. Olivier DOULIERY / AFP

President Donald Trump on Saturday nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative federal appeals court judge, to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the US Supreme Court while Joe Biden who is running against Trump for the post of president has opposed the move. Speaking by her side at the White House Rose Garden,  Trump described her as a "woman of unparalleled achievement". Also Read|Nobel Prize 2020 Winners To Receive Additional USD 1 Million; Foundation Hopes To Raise Amount In Years Ahead Calling it a "very proud moment indeed," Trump called Barrett a woman of "towering intellect" and "unyielding loyalty to the Constitution" who would rule "based solely on the fair reading of the law." If confirmed Barrett will fill the seat of late liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, likely steering the court to the right for years, expanding the current conservative wing's sometimes shaky 5-4 advantage to a solid 6-3. Trump has previously filled two of the nine seats on the high court. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Saturday called on the US Senate to refrain from confirming President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee until after the November 3 election. "The Senate should not act on this vacancy until after the American people select their next president and the next Congress," Biden said, just moments after Trump announced his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late liberal justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.