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Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Nominee, is Scalia’s Heir

Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Nominee, is Scalia’s Heir

Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court Nominee, is Scalia’s Heir

CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s pick to the U.S. Supreme Court says she is “mindful” she would be taking the seat vacated by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Speaking moments after President Donald Trump nominated her to the high court Saturday, Amy Coney Barrett paid homage to the late justice.

Barrett is a polar opposite of Ginsburg when it comes to judicial philosophy. Barrett hailed conservative former Justice Antonin Scalia as her mentor.

But she called Ginsburg a justice of “enormous talent and consequence” and praised Ginsburg as a trailblazer for women’s rights, saying Ginsburg “not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them.”

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Missouri Senator Roy Blunt came out with a statement shortly after Barrett’s Nomination.

“Judge Amy Coney Barrett, in both her judicial record and philosophy, has made clear her commitment to interpreting and upholding the law and the Constitution as they are written. I was proud to support her confirmation to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and look forward to supporting her confirmation to the Supreme Court. I urge our colleagues across the aisle to give this nomination the fair, thoughtful consideration it deserves.”

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