The Epoch Times
President Donald Trump is set to nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, to fill the seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).
Cornyn announced late Friday that the Senate “will begin a thorough review of Judge Barrett’s nomination.”
“I look forward to meeting with her in the coming days as the Judiciary Committee prepares for her confirmation hearing,” he wrote on Twitter.
“Judge Amy Coney Barrett is a legal trailblazer [with] respect for the law & our nation’s founding principles,” Cornyn said of Barrett. “Throughout her career, she has maintained the importance of an independent judiciary that interprets the law & Constitution as-written, operating free from political pressure.”
He said that the review of Barrett’s nomination is “a process that shouldn’t be rushed.”
“Despite previous attacks based on her religious faith, I hope Democrats choose not to engage in another character assassination, as they did against Justice Kavanaugh,” he wrote. “Judge Barrett has impressed the brightest judicial and legal minds with her profound understanding of the law.”
Multiple media outlets had reported late Friday, all citing anonymous sources, that the president was set to nominate Barrett to the Supreme Court.
The White House didn’t respond to a request for comment immediately.
