Trump picks Barrett for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON D.C.: President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effort.

Barrett, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia, said she was “truly humbled” by the nomination and quickly aligned herself with Scalia’s conservative approach to the law, saying his “judicial philosophy is mine, too.”