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Trump Considering 5 for Supreme Court Vacancy

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he has narrowed
   his list of possible Supreme Court nominees down to five people and
   expects to announce his choice to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader
   Ginsburg by Friday or Saturday.

   Trump has said he will name a woman and identified three of his choices
   as Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa and Allison Jones Rushing, three
   conservatives he appointed to federal appellate court judgeships in
   recent years. He declined to name the other two possible choices in a
   wide-ranging interview on the court vacancy and other issues on the Fox
   & Friendsshow.

   "The bottom line is we won the election, we have an obligation to do
   what's right and act as quickly as possible," Trump said, dismissing
   the contention by his Democratic challenger in the November 3 election,
   former Vice President Joe Biden, that the winner ought to make the
   court selection after being inaugurated for a new White House term in
   January.

   Trump said the Senate should vote to confirm his nominee before the
   election, now six weeks away. The U.S. leader said there was "zero
   chance" that Democrats wouldn't try to fill a Supreme Court vacancy if
   they controlled both the presidency and the Senate as Republicans do
   currently.

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