Joan Larsen (School of Law ’93) and Diane Sykes (Medill ’80) are two of the 11 people Trump is considering to fill the seat of the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
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The Republican senator said in a statement Wednesday that the people he knows on Trump’s list of 11 potential U.S. Supreme Court justices would all be great choices but “one name on that list stands head and shoulders above the rest”.
When Trump mentioned the names of Pryor and Sykes back in February, liberals were quick to pounce.
They pointed to quotes from Pryor calling the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion the “worst abomination in the history of constitutional law”.
Millhiser pointed to the fact that Sykes backed a voter ID law and she sat on a three-judge panel issuing a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the contraception mandate against for-profit companies in 2013. Prior to her appointment in 2004 by President George W. Bush, she served on the Wisconsin Supreme Court after being appointed by Gov. Tommy Thompson in 1999. Some were controversial when they were nominated to the federal appeals courts they now serve on.
Likely Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Eugene, Ore. “The mind reels. / *weeps – can’t finish tweet*”. Ted Cruz of Texas or Mike Lee of Utah, who is Thomas Lee’s brother.
Willett has poked fun at Trump’s plan to build a wall the length of the U.S.-Mexico border and stick Mexico with the bill: “We’ll rebuild the Death Star”. “This list”, Trump’s Facebook announcement was careful to emphasize, “was compiled, first and foremost, based on constitutional principles, with input from highly respected conservatives and Republican party leadership”.
Four of Donald Trump’s potential Supreme Court picks clerked for justices now serving on the nation’s highest bench. All of Trump’s judges are white, eight of the eleven are men, and they generally fit the mold of the type of judge conservative activists are looking for.
Sykes is the ex-wife of Milwaukee conservative radio talk host Charlie Sykes, who has been outspoken in his criticism of Trump and rallied Republicans against Trump in the April 5 Wisconsin primary, the last nominating contest Trump lost before his competitors dropped out of the race. Trump allies had encouraged him to announce the names of potential court nominees to allay fears among conservatives wary of a Trump presidency.
David Stras, associate justice for the Minnesota Supreme Court and former professor at the University of Minnesota Law School. “I am thrilled by this list”, John Yoo, a former Bush administration Justice Department official, wrote in the National Review on Wednesday.
The list is notable, Vladeck said, in part because there are no surprises.
“He’s very, very careful to observe the limits of the court’s power and I would think that would make him an attractive candidate for any Republican, not just Mr. Trump”, Knapp said.
But it appears he’s not a fan of the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.
Carrie Severino is head of the Judicial Crisis Network.
And, indeed, every name on the list has a solid record of “judicial restraint” – as well as sterling legal credentials.
“It’s about a conservative Supreme Court for generations”, Priebus said.
Donald Trump has released a list of 11 potential candidates to fill the vacancy.
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Trump moved to reassure right-wingers within the Republican party grassroots who might doubt his fealty to their core principles of smaller government and social conservatism. The release of the list is interesting mostly to see how Federalist Society members will react.
