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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 22, 2020

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a frontrunner to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is a Rhodes College graduate, the Daily Memphian reports. Barrett, who was also a favorite in 2018 to fill a SCOTUS vacancy created by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, is a member of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. President Donald Trump met with Barrett yesterday and tweeted that he planned to nominate a woman to the post by the end of the week. Others on the short list are Appeals Court Judge Allison Jones Rushing and White House Deputy Counsel Kate Todd, according to reports. If selected, Barrett would be the second Rhodes College graduate to hold a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, following Justice Abe Fortas, who graduated in 1930 from Rhodes when it was called Southwestern.