Donald Trump

Trump To Make SCOTUS Great Again ‘Pretty Soon’

The president-elect says he's down to just a handful of potential nominees.

President-elect Donald Trump (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty)

President-elect Donald Trump (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty)

We’re looking to appoint pretty soon. We’re going to have to come up with a name. I’m looking, I’m down to probably three or four. From the list. They are terrific people. Highly respected, brilliant people. And we’ll be announcing that pretty soon too.

— President-elect Donald Trump, offering comments on his forthcoming Supreme Court appointment to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News. Trump unveiled a shortlist of 11 potential SCOTUS nominees in May, and later supplemented the original shortlist with 10 additional potential nominees in September.


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