Trump’s Pledge to Pick Woman For Court Leaves Two Frontrunners
- Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa are said to be top candidates
- Amul Thapar seen as a top three candidate before woman pledge
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Since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday night, President Donald Trump has largely winnowed a list of dozens of potential replacements down to a handful, and now just a pair, of front-runners.
Appeals court judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa are emerging as the most likely to be picked after Trump said Saturday at a rally in North Carolina that he planned to select a woman. A third judge, Amul Thapar, had also been in the running until Trump’s comment. All three appeared on a long list of possible high-court picks that Trump updated earlier this month. Barrett and Thapar were among the nominees whom Trump considered before selecting Brett Kavanaugh for the court in 2018.