U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett stands as U.S President Donald Trump holds an event to announce her as his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18, at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 
U.S President Donald Trump holds an event to announce his nominee of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18, at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 
US President Donald J. Trump introduces Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his nominee to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 26 September 2020. Shawn Thew/Pool via REUTERS 
U.S President Donald Trump watches U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett deliver remarks as he holds an event to announce her as his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18, at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria 
U.S President Donald Trump holds an event to announce his nominee of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18, at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
（芝加哥時報/綜合路透社外電快訊）美國總統川普今天正式提名保守派聯邦芝加哥上訴法院法官巴瑞特（Amy Coney Barrett），補實最高法院大法官金斯柏格過世後的遺缺。……………………….
金斯柏格（Ruth Bader Ginsburg）18日因胰腺癌併發症逝世，享壽87歲。她生前素以捍衛人權著稱，也是聯邦最高法院威望最高的自由派大法官。金斯柏格去世後，川普迅速展開補人提名動作，想趕在11月3日大選前通過新提名大法官的人事，將保守派在最高法院的優勢擴大為6比3。美國最高法院共有9名大法官，都是終身職，由總統提名人選，經參議院同意後任命。共和黨在100席的參議院裡掌握53席的優勢。
「華爾街日報」指出，參議院司法委員會正準備一個快速的時程，趕在11月3日大選前通過巴瑞特的大法官人事。巴瑞特的加入，牽動美國聯邦最高法院今後幾十年整個倒向保守派。司法委員會可能在10月10日當週安排聽證，10月26日前完成全院表決通過她的人事案。美國聯邦最高法院即將要面臨的關鍵大戰，就是大選後一週要處理俗稱「歐記健保」的平價醫療法（Affordable Care Act）的命運。
此外，巴瑞特的支持者指出，她身為服務於中西部的天主教徒，有助川普在重要的「鐵鏽帶」（Rust Belt）及5大湖地區（Great Lakes）固票，畢竟川普目前在這些地區的支持度落後民主黨總統候選人拜登（Joe Biden）。「鐵鏽帶」意指1980年代以降工業經濟趨於衰退的俄亥俄、伊利諾等幾個州。川普迄今已任命2名保守派出任最高法院大法官，分別是2017年的戈蘇奇（Neil Gorsuch）及2018年的卡瓦諾（Brett Kavanaugh）。
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