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Anticipation Builds Ahead Of Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Unveiling

President Trump will announce his pick to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy in a prime-time ceremony Monday evening.

Updated at 1:48 p.m. ET

President Trump, after less than two weeks of deliberations, is set to announce Monday night his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, a choice that could well affect the court, and American jurisprudence, for a generation.

The president is expected to unveil his choice from the White House at 9 p.m. EDT.

Ahead of the decision, Trump has built suspense about whom his pick will be.

Departing his New Jersey golf club on Sunday afternoon, Trump told reporters he was still making up his mind. "It's — well, let's just say it's the four people. Every one, you can't go wrong."

Sources have told NPR that those four finalists are all U.S. appeals

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