Who are the 11 people on Donald Trump’s short list for the Supreme Court?

[cali]

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Steven Colloton, of Iowa

This Iowa native has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit since 2003. He has as pretty traditional law background -- editor of Yale Law Journal, clerked for Justice William Rehnquist in 1989 and '90, and served as a U.S. Attorney as well as an independent federal investigative agency once headed by Ken Starr, of Bill Clinton impeachment trial fame. President George W. Bush appointed him U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, and he rose to the appeals court in 2003.

Allison Eid, of Colorado

Eid has served on Colorado's state Supreme Court for the past decade. Before that, she was the solicitor general for Colorado, which means she defended state agencies and officials in court. She's a University of Chicago Law School grad and clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas. In 2002, Bush appointed her to serve on a committee to write the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. Colorado's GOP governor at the time, Bill Owens, then appointed her to serve on the state's Supreme Court. She won reelection to the job in 2008 with 75 percent of the vote.

Thomas Hardiman, of Pennsylvania

Hardiman is a U.S. Appeals Court judge for the Third Circuit and also a Bush appointee. He's a Georgetown Law grad and has written two majority opinions that were reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court -- one that strengthens mandatory minimum sentences for criminals and another that ruled a Pennsylvania jail's policy of strip searching the people it arrests does not violate someone's 4th Amendment right of unreasonable searches and seizures.


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William Pryor, of Alabama

Pryor is Alabama's former attorney general; at the time he was the youngest state attorney general in the U.S., according to AL.com. Bush nominated him to be a circuit court judge, and today he serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th circuit. During his confirmation hearings, Pryor called Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion, "the worst abomination in the history of constitutional law." He was eventually confirmed 53-45.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/18/who-are-the-11-people-on-donald-trumps-short-list-for-the-supreme-court/

[Ohioblue22]

1. His test for scotus is anyone willing to end roe v wade. So don't vote for hrc, you can "show them"

With the overturning of roe v wade. Of course we all know "scare tacits" are so passe

[Katashi_itto]

2. Guess you should not have supported Hillary then.

[Ohioblue22]

3. So many clever people with original comments on du

[Katashi_itto]

4. Oh looky the low count poster speaks! Thats ..surprise..a Clintonista... Gosh makes you wonder....

[Ohioblue22]

6. Oh goody post-count snobbery more cleverness from the Bernie crowd

[Katashi_itto]

8. Well it not hard to pick out what you are.

[Ohioblue22]

11. Post count snobbery and Prejudism

[Katashi_itto]

13. Bwahahahaha! It attempts to make a comback.

[Ohioblue22]

14. Does your mommy know you're on her computer

[Katashi_itto]

15. It whines, shimmies and shakes. Well it has a quota to make after all.

[Ohioblue22]

17. Easy Bernie bro don't throw a chair at me

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. or you should not have supported the person who lost to HRC

[Katashi_itto]

9. Don't worry about it. She's inevitable remember?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. no, i dont remember that, i remember her winning more votes than her opponent.

[Katashi_itto]

16. The Usual poor attempt at deflection

[Txbluedog]

18. ^This is the Trump presidency in a nutshell

This is in response to post # 10

[rug]

5. Trump's appointees deliberating a criminal appeal.

"In this trial by ordeal, a person's innocence is tested by his ability to withstand poison."

[gratuitous]

10. It's NOT a "short" list

It's a yuuuuge list! The biggest list ever with the best names on it. Names so big you can't believe how big they are. You'll get sick of hearing just how yuuuge this list is. And Trump's judges will be so judgey your head will spin from all the sweet judginess.

[Cresent City Kid]

19. Judge Judy, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Mathis

It's called a short list because that's all the judges he can think of.