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By Associated Press
https://www.bbc.com/
The plan has launched a high-stakes battle ahead of the 3 November vote.
Mr Trump wants to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal stalwart who died on Friday aged 87, with a conservative.
He appears to have secured enough support in the Senate.
This would cement a right-leaning majority on the US's highest court, where justices serve for life or until they choose to retire.
The ideological balance of the nine-member court is crucial to its rulings on the most important issues in US law, with decisions made in recent years on immigration, carbon emissions and gay marriage.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54238936
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