Bio highlights of Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's high court pick

Here are some biographical details on Amy Coney Barrett, nominated by President Donald Trump for the U.S. Supreme Court

Via AP news wire
Saturday 26 September 2020 22:06 BST
Amy Coney Barrett, a federal judge, is rumored to be on Donald Trump's shortlist to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
Amy Coney Barrett, a federal judge, is rumored to be on Donald Trump's shortlist to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. (Robert Franklin/University of Notre Dame)

Here’s a bio box on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.

Amy Coney Barrett age 48

- A judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals nominated by President Donald Trump in 2017 and considered once before by Trump for a high court seat; her three-year judicial record shows a clear and consistent conservative bent.

- A graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School and Rhodes College who has taught law at Notre Dame, worked for a Washington law firm and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

- A devout Catholic mother of seven and Louisiana native born in 1972, she would be the youngest justice on the current court if confirmed.

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