Washington — Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, paid homage to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she accepted the president’s nomination Saturday, praising the justice as a pioneer who “not only broke glass ceilings,” but “smashed them.”
“Should I be confirmed, I will be mindful of who came before me,” Barrett said in remarks after Mr. Trump announced her as his nominee to the Supreme Court. “The flag of the United States is still flying at half-staff in memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to mark the end of a great American life. Justice Ginsburg began her career at a time when women were not welcome in the legal profession, but she not only broke glass ceilings, she smashed them.”
Mr. Trump’s announcement of his Supreme Court nominee came just over a week after Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg served as the liberal anchor of the high court, and if Barrett is confirmed by the Senate, her appointment will expand the court’s conservative majority to 6-3.