Christian conservatives and anti-abortion activists have praised Donald Trump's choice, while Democrats and abortion rights groups are concerned the pick could result in a winding back of civil rights and liberties.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trump's choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court, focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett applauds as President Donald Trump announces her as his nominee to the Supreme Court.Mr Biden, seeking to defeat the Republican president on Nov. 3,called on the Senate not to act on the court's vacancy caused by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg until after the Nov. 3 election, allowing the winner to make the appointment.
Senate Republicans refused to consider President Barack Obama's 2016 Supreme Court nominee, saying the winner of that year's election should make the pick.
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