Amy Coney Barrett
She succeeds the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a Jewish icon who was the second woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, and who, in her opening statement on Oct. 12 in front of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Barrett paid tribute to.
If confirmed, the candidate would strengthen the conservative bent on the nation’s highest court with a 6-3 majority—two of whom, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, were appointed under Trump in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
