President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court was perhaps the biggest accomplishment of his first 100 days in office.
Since he began his candidacy back in 2015, Donald J. Trump pledged to nominate conservative justices to our nation’s various courts, going so far as to release a list of individuals he felt met his conservative judicial philosophy.
After his nomination of Gorsuch, President Trump’s pledge to nominate conservative justices will continue, as he is set to name 5 judges to the federal appeals court.
Trump to nominate at least 5 conservative judges to federal appeals court https://t.co/snaHFyW74R
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 8, 2017
The president is supposed to pick some of his nominees from his list of 21 potential Supreme Court nominees, including “Justice Joan Larsen from Michigan and Justice David Stras from Minnesota.”
From Fox News:
The move will come days after White House Counsel Don McGahn alluded to more judicial nominations that were in the works for various courts. McGahan said Trump was putting on “finishing touches” and that people “would be amazed” by the exceptionalness of the nominees.
“The president is putting the finishing touches on a few folks and without getting too far ahead of ourselves you’re going to be amazed at the by exceptionalness of them,” McGahn said. “I mean the qualifications are impeccable it is really going to be an amazing thing. It is an honor to be a part of it.”
Trump had previously threatened to break up the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit. He accused his opponents of his agenda of “judge shopping,” and told The Washington Examiner last month they “immediately run to the 9th Circuit.”
Regardless of who President Trump nominates, it should be expected that Democrats in Congress will vehemently oppose these individuals. If the left’s treatment of Neil Gorsuch is any indication, expect Democrats to have their knives out for any conservative Trump chooses.
Despite the expected Democrat opposition, conservatives will celebrate these upcoming nominations, as it reaffirms President Trump’s commitment to choosing strong originalist judges to sit on the bench.
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