TRUMP PLANS TO NOMINATE FEMALE JUDGE TO REPACE GINSBURG
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has said he intends to name a woman as his nominee to replace late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and will make an announcement next week.
“It will be a woman — a very talented, very brilliant woman,” Trump said at an election rally in North Carolina on Saturday.
The president first spoke of picking a woman for the seat left vacant by the passing of Ginsburg while talking to reporters. Asked if he would pick a woman, he said he could. “I could see, most likely, it would be a woman, yeah. I think I can say that it would be a woman. I would - if somebody were to ask me now, I would say that a woman would be in first place, yes.”
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has said he intends to name a woman as his nominee to replace late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and will make an announcement next week.
“It will be a woman — a very talented, very brilliant woman,” Trump said at an election rally in North Carolina on Saturday. “We haven’t chosen yet, but we have numerous women on the list.”
The president first spoke of picking a woman for the seat left vacant by the passing of Ginsburg while talking to reporters before departing for the rally.
Asked if he would pick a woman, he said he could. “I could see, most likely, it would be a woman, yeah. I think I can say that it would be a woman. I would - if somebody were to ask me now, I would say that a woman would be in first place, yes.” He also said in a response to another question he expects to announce his pick next week .
Female judges reportedly in his shortlist include Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Seventh Court of Appeals (similar to Indian high courts). He had interviewed her in 2018 when considering a nominee to replace Stephen Kennedy. He went with Brett Kavanaugh instead.
Whoever Trump picks eventually will face a bruising confirmation process in the Senate, with fierce opposition expected from Democrats.
They want the seat to be filled by the next president, whoever wins the November 3 elections, as Republicans had argued in 2016 to block President Barack Obama’s pick for a vacancy in the court.
‘Letter with poison sent to WH came from Canada’
TORONTO: A letter containing the deadly poison ricin that was mailed to the White House earlier this week may have originated in Canada, Canadian law enforcement has said.
Canadian authorities are working with their US counterparts on the investigation.
The material was addressed to US President Donald Trump. The envelope was intercepted at a government facility that screens mail addressed to the White House and Trump, a US official said.
A preliminary investigation indicated it tested positive for ricin, a poison found naturally in castor beans, the official said.
The identity of the sender has not been revealed as yet.