GOP front-runner Donald Trump made a little SCOTUS news tonight, reportedly telling those gathered at his Mar-a-Lago resort for the Palm Beach Republican Club’s Lincoln Day dinner that he’ll provide a list of judges he’ll pick from when it comes time to nominate a Supreme Court justice:
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/711697555613159424
Trump says he'll release at list of 5-10 judges that he promises to pick from for Supreme Court nominees #BREAKING
— Brook Silva-Braga (@Brook) March 20, 2016
"I am going to give a list of either 5 or 10 judges that I will pick, 100% pick, that I will put in for nomination" -Donald Trump on #SCOTUS
— Celeste Katz Marston (@CelesteKatzNYC) March 20, 2016
"I will guarantee it personally … those are going to be the first judges that I will put up" for #SCOTUS if I win, says @realDonaldTrump
— Celeste Katz Marston (@CelesteKatzNYC) March 20, 2016
We’re also still waiting on Trump’s promised list of foreign policy advisers:
Trump adviser Stephen Miller says on @CNN "there is no hold-up" on releasing a list of Trump's foreign policy advisers
— Rebecca Shabad (@RebeccaShabad) March 18, 2016
He first made that promise in early February and said the list would be out in about two weeks.
In the past, Hugh Hewitt and others have made the case for Trump for this very reason and this should certainly help that argument:
Bottom line from Switzerland: You must support whomever is the #GOP nominee because of SCOTUS. Period. Full stop.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) February 26, 2016
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