Trump to make Supreme Court justice pick on February 2

[January 25, 2017]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will make his choice to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 2, the Republican president said in a post on Twitter on Wednesday.

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Three U.S. appeals court judges are among those under close consideration by Trump, who is poised to restore the conservative majority on the Supreme Court after taking office last week.

(Reporting by Susan Heavey and Doina Chiacu; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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