Trump releases list of those he would appoint to US Supreme Court
What we could look forward to if he is elected:
Mr. Trump said in a statement that his short list is “representative of the kind of constitutional principles I value and, as president, I plan to use this list as a guide to nominate our next United States Supreme Court justices.”
Mr. Trump’s includes the names of several judges who are regular favorites of conservative legal scholars and appointees of President George W. Bush.
According to a list released by the campaign, Mr. Trump’s potential nominees include three Federal Circuit Court judges: Steven M. Colloton of Iowa, Raymond W. Gruender of Missouri and Thomas M. Hardiman of Pennsylvania; three federal appeals court judges, William H. Pryor Jr. of Alabama, Diane Sykes of Wisconsin and Raymond M. Kethledge of Michigan; and five state Supreme Court justices: Allison H. Eid of Colorado; Joan Larsen of Michigan; Thomas Lee of Utah; David Stras of Minnesota; and Don Willett of Texas.
Mr. Trump has previously mentioned Ms. Sykes, who is the former wife of the “Never Trump” conservative radio host Charles Sykes. Mr. Lee is the brother of Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah...
Nan Aron, the president of the liberal Alliance for Justice Action Council, deplore Mr. Trump’s choice of potential justices as “dangerous,” noting that her group had opposed several of the Bush appointees. Her group had not researched some of the state judges yet, she said.
“The list includes some of the most extreme conservatives on the federal bench today,” she said. “Their opinions demonstrate open hostility to Americans’ rights and liberties, including reproductive justice and environmental, consumer and worker protections. They have ruled consistently in favor of the powerful over everyone else. They would move the needle even further to the right on the Supreme Court.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/us/politics/donald-trump-supreme-court-nominees.html?_r=0
