President Donald Trump has announced that he is nominating Judge Neil Gorsuch to US Supreme Court.
Gorsuch, 49, is a conservative and is currently is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Trump made the announcement in the East Room of the White House.
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"A person who is unbelievably highly respected. And I think you will be very impressed with this person," Trump said.
Trump told reporters at the White House and tweeted Monday that he planned to announce his choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on Tuesday night.
Other details surrounding the nomination are still unclear. But U.S. Circuit Judges Neil Gorsuch, Thomas Hardiman and William Pryor are rumored to be the top contenders for the position.
And when Trump finally does reveal his selection, his team is apparently prepared to fight tooth and nail to get that person confirmed.
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While on the campaign trail, Trump released a list of 21 potential candidates to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Gorsuch, Hardiman and Pryor are on that list.
According to Politico, Trump's advisers and outside groups are prepared to spend millions of dollars in ads mostly to convince Senate Democrats to back the nominee.
The report quotes the Judicial Crisis Network as saying it will spend "$10 million boosting Trump's choice, targeting mostly Senate Democrats up for reelection in 2018 in states that Trump carried."
The Supreme Court has been working with only eight judges since Scalia's death last year.
Former President Barack Obama tapped Merrick Garland to take his place, but Senate Republicans refused to hold confirmation hearings on his nomination.
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