Trump will announce his Senate candidate on July 9

The President

Donald Trump

plans to announce his candidate on July 9 to cover the vacancy that the judge will leave [19659004] Anthony Kennedy

in the Supreme Court from a group of five candidates, including two women.

Trump reported his plans today to journalists aboard the presidential plane Air Force One in the direction of his private club of New Jersey where weekend he will interview two of the shortlisted

interviewed by reporters, Trump said that he will not ask interviewees his opinion on abortion, a right that a conservative majority in the Supreme would have between his hands to overthrow in the near future.

The candidate who nominates Trump must obtain confirmation from the Senate, so the president has already contacted a dozen Republican and Democratic legislators.

Republicans control the Senate by a slim majority of 51 to 49, though one of its legislators, John McCain hit by a brain tumor, did not travel for months. in Washington

Trump and the Republican majority are in a hurry to confirm the new judge before the parliamentary elections in November, which could tip the balance of the majority towards the camp of the Democrats and lead to a blockade of the nomination

Kennedy, 81, announced this week that he will be leaving his position for life at the Supreme Court on July 31.

Appointed by former President Ronald Reagan 30 years ago, Kennedy became the most centrist of the five who make up the conservative majority of the court and led to progressive decisions such as the legalization of gay marriage.

JOS