Trump Has a Special Judge Lined Up to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Report)

Ooooh. This is juicy, and I REALLY hope it’s true.

Reports are circulating that President Trump has a very specific judge in mind when it comes to ultimately replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg (who will be 92 by the time Trump is out of office, if re-elected in 2020.)

The judge?

Amy Coney Barrett

You’ve probably heard her name before – she was among the names being tossed around to fill the role Judge Kavanaugh ultimately took… and I was rooting for her all along.

According to Fox News:

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative stalwart, is rumored to be President Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court should Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat become available, according to an Axios report that cited close confidants of the president.

Barrett, 46, was considered to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy last year, but the president said he was “saving her for Ginsburg,” the report said.

Trump reportedly told people “I’m saving her for Ginsburg” as recently as two days before he nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, according to Axios. The report could not be independently verified by Fox News, but Barrett has been mentioned as a favorite by Trump in the past.

This would be so freaking great.

So why didn’t he pick her this go around? She was too conservative at the time:

Trump advisers were concerned that Barrett, who staunchly opposes abortion, would alienate GOP moderates like Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, the report said. They were also confident that Republicans would maintain their control of the Senate and nominating another conservative judge to the Supreme Court wouldn’t be necessary at the time, the report said.

How much did that matter? They still made “moderate” Kavanaugh’s life a living hell.

And now? Yeah. It’s necessary.

Trump appointed Barrett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017. Barrett, who is open about her Catholicism, was grilled by Democrats during her Senate confirmation. Should Barrett be nominated to the Supreme Court, a contentious confirmation process would undoubtedly play out.

And I can’t WAIT to watch.

She’s definitely tough enough.