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Who will Trump nominate to the Supreme Court?

November 28, 2016 | By TONY FRANCOIS

The short answer is, someone on his published list, first issued this past May and expanded in October. I wrote about why we should anticipate that Trump will stick to the list for his first Supreme Court nominee, this month in the Daily Journal. My bottom line to those on the left (and a few on … ...

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How will President Obama's judicial appointees affect the federal courts?

May 06, 2016 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

For answers, check out this podcast by the Federalist Society, moderated by Dean Reuter. Brett Shumate of Wiley Rein discusses the impact of the president’s nominees to the D.C. Circuit, while I tackle the issue with respect to the Ninth Circuit.  The consensus was that the president’s appointments will liberalize these courts’ j ...