Trump Fulfills Conservative Wishes With High Court Shortlist
- Frontrunners would fit into Justice Scalia’s ideological mold
- Trump touted group of potential justices during 2016 campaign
President Trump Set to Make Supreme Court Pick Next Week
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Conservatives who care about the U.S. Supreme Court put their faith in Donald Trump. Now he is poised to reward it.
Barring a dramatic shift in approach, the president is a week away from nominating someone who would become a core member of the court’s conservative wing. Each of four appellate judges in contention for the slot, including frontrunners Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman, would fit neatly into the ideological mold of the man they would succeed, the late Justice Antonin Scalia.