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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Bio highlights of Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's high court pick

Photograph: ASSOCIATED PRESS

Here’s a bio box on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.

Amy Coney Barrett age 48

- A judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals nominated by President Donald Trump in 2017 and considered once before by Trump for a high court seat; her three-year judicial record shows a clear and consistent conservative bent.

- A graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School and Rhodes College who has taught law at Notre Dame, worked for a Washington law firm and clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

- A devout Catholic mother of seven and Louisiana native born in 1972, she would be the youngest justice on the current court if confirmed.

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