Daniel Hemel and Adam Mortara on Donald Trump and the Future of the Supreme Court (Video)
Donald Trump and the Future of the Supreme Court
In last week’s presidential election, more than 20 percent of voters said Supreme Court appointments were the most important factor in deciding how to vote – and 56 percent of those voters cast their ballot for Donald Trump, according to CNN exit polling.
Unless President Barack Obama makes a surprise recess appointment, the president-elect will have a vacancy on the Supreme Court to fill come January. While that justice won’t tip the ideological scales, the potential for other appointments could reshape the court for years to come.
In late September, the Trump campaign released a 21-person list of judges and justices under consideration for potential Supreme Court vacancies. “There are a lot of names on the list who, I assume, would have been on the list of any of the Republican primary contenders,” said Daniel Hemel, assistant professor at the University of Chicago Law School and a former clerk for Justice Elena Kagan.
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