There are some eyebrow-raising names on the list of possible picks for the U.S. Supreme Court released Wednesday by Republican candidate Donald Trump.
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Six of Trump’s potential nominees were appointees under former President George W. Bush and now serve on federal appeals courts while another five serve on the Supreme Courts of various states.
Monica Lewinsky connections, Twitter celebrity status, relaxed views on police-dog brutality, and comparisons of gay sex to necrophilia-Donald Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees has it all. She was a reporter for The Milwaukee Journal before entering and graduating from Marquette University Law School in 1984.
William Pryor of Alabama; David Stras of Minnesota; Diane Sykes of Wisconsin; and Don Willett of Texas.
Thomas Lee: Thomas Lee is an associate justice on the Supreme Court of Utah.
“Their records reveal a lineup of individuals who would likely overturn Roe v. Wade if given the chance, gutting what’s left of abortion access in this country and heaping punishment on women”, she said.
Fifty-two-year-old Raymond Gruender has been a judge for the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in St. Louis, since 2004.
Trump’s list is similar to one published by the Heritage Foundation in March.
In the meantime, we can all amuse ourselves with a look at one name in particular: Don Willett, a justice on Texas’ Supreme Court and a champion tweeter. Larsen was appointed to the post and is now running for election to a full term.
But Trump earned praise from Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck GrassleyChuck GrassleyTrump unveils list of 11 potential Supreme Court nominees Dem senator blocks push to tie “gun ban” to spending bill Republicans escalate feud with IRS chief MORE (R-Iowa) for naming Sykes and Pryor, who said that those choices should put conservatives at ease.
She was previously the solicitor general for Colorado and a law professor at the University of Colorado. “Bush appointed Hardiman to the Third Circuit in 2007 and Kethledge to the Sixth Circuit in 2008”.
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Conservative legal activists said they’d have to dig deeper, but said the names appeared solid on their face. A former law clerk to Scalia, Larson delivered one of the tributes to the late justice at his memorial service. His career has taken him to stints at the U.S. Department of Justice, and George W. Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign. According to Business Insider, Willett has trolled Trump with almost 30 different tweets since 2013. Sessions said it was more important to ask whether Willett “follows the Constitution”, is a good scholar, has integrity and meets the high standards expected of a Supreme Court justice.
