WASHINGTON - Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's pick for a US Supreme Court vacancy, said she will rule based on the law, not her personal views, in prepared remarks issued ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing that begins on Monday .
Barrett, a conservative appeals court judge, said that in her current job she has"done my utmost to reach the result required by the law, whatever my own preferences might be". A devout Catholic who has a record of opposing abortion rights, Barrett is likely to be probed by Senate Democrats on that issue in particular.