worldUpdated: Sep 21, 2020 03:08 ISTPresident Donald Trump has said he intends to name a woman as his nominee to replace late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and will make an announcement next week. “It will be a woman — a very talented, very brilliant woman,” Trump said at an election rally in North Carolina on Saturday. Female judges reportedly in his shortlist include Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Seventh Court of Appeals (similar to Indian high courts). He had interviewed her in 2018 when considering a nominee to replace Stephen Kennedy. With Trump announcing he will pick a woman, chances have diminished for Amul Thapar, an Indian-American judge who was earlier reported to be among front-runners for the post.

Source: Hindustan Times September 20, 2020 21:33 UTC