What next for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee?

US president Donald Trump with Judge Amy Coney Barrett (Alex Brandon/AP)

Sun, 27 Sep, 2020 - 06:38

Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

US president Donald Trump has chosen Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sending the nomination to the Senate in the hope of a quick confirmation fewer than 40 days before the presidential election.

Republicans are eyeing a vote in late October, though Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has not yet said for certain whether a final vote will come before or after the November 3 election.