Amy Coney Barrett says she was offered a Supreme Court seat just 3 days after RBG died

President Trump and Amy Coney Barrett.
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President Trump didn't take long to settle on nominating Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

Trump formally nominated the conservative 7th Circuit judge to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday. But in Barrett's Senate questionnaire released Tuesday, Barrett said she actually got the job days earlier.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.