Trump's ultra-conservative joker: Amy Coney Barrett - this is the new judge at the US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court is complete again.

Lawyer Amy Coney Barrett is officially sworn in - she could become Trump's wild card in a tight US election.

• Amy Coney Barrett was sworn in by presiding judge John Roberts on Tuesday October 27, 2020.

• The 48-year-old is the successor to the liberal judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in September.

• It gives the Conservatives a dominant majority in the Supreme Court.

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Washington

- It is

in the Supreme Court that Donald Trump has refilled during his tenure.

That's a

considering the Supreme Court justices are appointed

and Trump has only been in office for four years.

The judges of the

are nominated by the respective US

and

then

by the

- then the

takes place

.

Like

three

years ago

and

two years ago, the

is now moving

into the US Supreme Court.

With

, there is now a clear

the powerful Supreme Court. Before that there was a dispute.

Also because Barrett could be of particular importance in the event of a tight US election.

Amy Coney Barrett: Religious Supreme Court Justice

Donald Trump's candidate

, just an hour later she took

the

on the

- and on Tuesday she was

sworn

in by

.

Barrett is to

left-liberal constitutional

, who died in September

.

Ginsburg is now

her last wish

.

She wanted her seat

reassigned

only

.

But that's not the only reason why Barrett is

that continues to divide the country.

CONFIRMED: Amy Coney Barrett will be the 115th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court!

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- The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 27, 2020

Their

caused some

beforehand

.

The

, including two adopted children from Haiti and a son with Down syndrome, is a

who campaigned for the right to

in her three years as appellate judge

and during her time as a law professor at the The renowned Catholic private university Notre Dame described a career in justice as a “means to an end” - the

they called

, according to the

news

.

Barrett has since stressed that she could separate her religious beliefs from her duties as a judge

but the Democrats are not convinced of this statement.

2020 US election: Conservative majority in the Supreme Court

Before they were sworn in, they repeatedly demanded that the

first be awaited.

Especially since four years ago, with the same reprimand, the Republicans

an Obama-nominated constitutional

judge for

Trump, on the other hand, is delivering on

a key

promise with his

.

The incumbent US president is

in the

and hopes Barrett will also have a

.

"

Amy Coney Barrett: Archbishop Responds to Swearing - "One of Us"

The conservative Catholics in the USA welcomed the swearing-in with great joy.

The

- the city where Barrett grew up in the suburbs -

, called the Catholic Barrett

in an official statement

: “We pray that the Holy Spirit may be in their service for us The nomination of the deeply religious lawyer may well have an

.

In the event of a

by his Democratic opponent Joe Biden, the President could, based on his previous statements, legally challenge the result and take it to the Supreme Court - a Supreme Court with an

.

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