Chuck Schumer Knows How To Spot Potential Supreme Court Justices Outside The ‘Mainstream’

These are definitely cases you’d have read in law school.

By Kathryn Rubino on January 06, 2017 5:15 pm

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)

Senator Chuck Schumer recently said he’d work to block any potential Trump Supreme nominee outside of the “mainstream” and referenced the would-be justice’s opinion on which two SCOTUS cases as key to determining if they were “mainstream”?

Hint: Careful not to call it a “litmus test,” Schumer indicated these cases provide good insight to the jurist. These are definitely cases you’d have read in law school.