Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is an extreme ideologue who would 'overturn decades of progress on women’s rights'

The US president nominated Amy Coney Barrett on Saturday to fill the seat left empty by liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died at the age of 87 last week, writes Maya Oppenheim

Un grupo progresista ha comprado el nombre de dominio amyconeybarrett.com para protestar por su nominación a la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. (AP)

Donald Trump’s nomination to the US Supreme Court is an “extreme ideologue” who would overhaul decades of progress on women’s rights, campaigners warned.

The US president nominated Amy Coney Barrett on Saturday to fill the seat left empty by liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died at the age of 87 last week.

Ms Barrett, a former law professor at the University of Notre Dame, is a circuit judge on the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which is a key position in the country’s judiciary.