The Latest: Trump Says He's Narrowed Court List To 4 Or 5

WASHINGTON: The Latest on the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (all times local):

12:20 p.m.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff says President Donald Trump has reached a new low for suggesting Democrats were behind a report that the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she did not want to be replaced until a new president is inaugurated.

NPR reported Friday that Ginsburg dictated a statement in her final days that said: My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed.

Ginsburg dictated the statement to Clara Spera, her granddaughter, according to NPRs Nina Totenberg, who has covered the Supreme Court for decades but is also a longtime personal friend of the late justice.

On Fox & Friends on Monday, Trump claimed without evidence, that I dont know that she said that, or was that written out by Adam Schiff and Schumer and Pelosi, referring also to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Schiff later tweeted: No, I didnt write Ruth Bader Ginsburgs dying wish to a nation she served so well, and spent her whole life making a more perfect union. But I am going to fight like hell to make it come true. No confirmation before inauguration.

Ginsburg, 87, died Friday from metastatic pancreatic cancer.

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11:44 a.m.

The body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court this week, with arrangements to allow for public viewing despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Ginsburgs casket will be on public view Wednesday and Thursday under the portico at the top of the iconic steps in front of the building. A private ceremony will take place at the court on Wednesday morning.

House Speaker Nancy Pelsosi announced that Ginsburg will lie in state in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Friday. That ceremony will be open only to invited guests, Pelosi said.

Ginsburg will be buried next week at Arlington National Cemetery in a private service, the court said.

The justice died Friday at age 87.

Congress made similar arrangements for a public viewing outside the Capitol after Rep. John Lewis death in July.

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8:56 a.m.

President Donald Trump says hes narrowed his list of candidates to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to four or five candidates.

In a Monday interview with Fox & Friends, the president confirmed that among the top contenders are Indianas Amy Coney Barrett and Floridas Barbara Lagoa, both appellate court judges he appointed. Trump also indicated that Allison Jones Rushing, a 38-year-old appellate judge from North Carolina, is also on the short-list.

Trump has promised to nominate a woman for the high court, adding that his preference is for someone younger who could hold sway on the nations jurisprudence for potentially four or five decades. Trump says hell aim to announce his pick on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ginsburg conclude.

Trump adds: I think that would be good for the Republican Party and I think it would be good for everybody to get it over with.

Ginsburg, 87, died Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

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8:34 a.m.

President Donald Trump says he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

He told Fox & Friends on Monday that he had a list of five finalists, probably four, and that he is pushing for a confirmation vote before Election Day.

Trump disparaged reports that Ginsburg had told her granddaughter it was her wish that a replacement justice not be confirmed until the inauguration of a new president. Trump said he thought his Democratic political foes were behind the report, including Rep. Adam Schiff, who led the House impeachment probe, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.

I dont know that she said that, or was that written out by Adam Schiff and Schumer and Pelosi, Trump said. I would be more inclined to the second … But that sounds like a Schumer deal or maybe a Pelosi or Shifty Schiff. his nickname for the California congressman. Trump frequently disparages Schiff, without evidence as being behind a conspiracy against him.

Ginsburg, 87, died Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer.

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