Former President and current President Elect Donald Trump appointed 234 judges during his first term. Three of these were to the United States Supreme Court. This is quite unique on several levels. Only three presidents, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and Dwight Eisenhower had three or more confirmed nominees since 1950 (Eisenhower had five in two…
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The Five Frontrunners
With less than one week left until President Trump announces his nominee to fill the second SCOTUS vacancy since he took office, not all names are getting equal attention. President Trump indicated the other day that he narrowed down his initial list to five finalists. While all members on this whittled down list are not known, a few judges…
Empirical SCOTUS 