A Ted Cruz ally who refused to endorse the president-elect, a staunch anti-abortionist, four women and three minorities: Donald Trump’s 21-person roster of potential Supreme Court Justices
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate a new Supreme Court Justice to take the seat of Antonin Scalia who died last February
Trump’s choice is likely to be the first of at least three in his presidency
Liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg and regular swing vote Anthony Kennedy are in their 80s and considered unlikely to stay on the court for four years
Time might also be running short for a third justice, liberal 78-year-old Stephen Breyer
Trump issued a list of 11 all-white jurists last May who he said he would consider for the lifetime appointment
He then supplemented that list with ten more names – this time including three minority candidates – in September
By MARTIN GOULD
DAILYMAIL.COM
10 November 2016
Donald Trump’s most far-reaching action after moving into the White House in January will arguably be to nominate a new Supreme Court Justice to take the seat of Antonin Scalia who died last February.
Trump issued a list of 11 all-white jurists last May who he said he would consider for the lifetime appointment.
He then supplemented that list with ten more names – this time including three minority candidates – in September.
But the mercurial president-elect is not bound to stick to either list when it comes time to make his pick, Supreme Court experts say.
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