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This is a Bloomberg Radio special selecting the next Supreme Court justice.

I'm David Weston.

Well, President Trump has made it official, nominating Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late

Justice Ruth

Bader Ginsburg on the High Court.

She is a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect,

sterling credentials, and unyielding loyalty to the Constitution, Judge Amy Koney Barrett.

It's a pick that has the potential to shift the balance of the Supreme Court for decades to come.

Over the next hour, we'll look at the implications, discuss the politics around the pick, and examine

Judge Barrett's record.

From her start as a clerk for Justice Antonin Tiskelia

to her time on the bench of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

But first, let's start with some initial reaction

from our Bloomberg

news and Bloomberg law Supreme Court reporters Greg Stor and Kimberly

Stravage Robinson. So Greg I'll start with you this hardly came as a surprise

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