Barrett Has Supreme Court Edge as List Widens to Lagoa, Thapar

A trio of appeals court judges have emerged as front-runners as President Donald Trump prepares to nominate his third justice to the Supreme Court: Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa, and Amul Thapar, according to people familiar with the process.

The White House is preparing to press forward with a hotly contested nomination battle to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Trump is weighing his options with a view to November’s vote by considering candidates whose backgrounds and judicial credentials he thinks will bolster his chances of re-election.

Barrett was initially seen as the most likely pick ...