Supreme Court favourite emerges as Trump moves to choose this week

Conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett has emerged as a favourite to be nominated for the US Supreme Court by President Donald Trump, who wants to name his pick this week. Picture: Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune/AP

President Donald Trump met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House on Monday as the conservative jurist emerged as a favourite to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.

The moves signal the start of a monumental Senate confirmation fight over objections from Democrats that the appointment would come too close to the November election.