Trump's court pick Barrett calls presidential self-pardon an 'open question'

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during her U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing as White House counsel Pat Cipollone listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis/Pool

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, said on Wednesday it was an "open question" whether Trump could pardon himself and added that the top U.S. judicial body "can't control" whether a president obeys its decisions.

She also sought to allay Democratic fears that she would be an automatic vote to strike down the Obamacare healthcare law in a case due to be argued Nov. 10, promising an "open mind."