Trump Will Announce His Supreme Court Nominee July 9

During his campaign, Mr Trump promised to deliver “pro-life” judges to the Supreme Court – a prospect that has alarmed women’s rights groups. “Particularly for women and Democratic voters, these issues are one factor in how they’re evaluating candidates”. The court found the law violates the state constitution, and could make abortions unobtainable.

Murkowski, of Alaska, made no such promise.

Kennedy, who provided key votes for same-sex marriage, abortion access and affirmative action, had announced hours earlier Wednesday his plans to retire from the Supreme Court.

The 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide won’t be overturned automatically, nor without a fight.

With a little over a week before his big announcement, Trump is relishing the moment.

Two senators who could prove crucial in a vote on Kennedy’s replacement are part of the 51-Republican majority in the Senate. Orrin Hatch, a Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said this year is different than an election year.

“He said he’d like the job, usually they don’t say that”, Trump.

McConnell says the situations are not the same.

“This is not 2016”. Environmental observers say the Clean Water Act is likely to come under fire, including the Waters of the USA rule – an Obama era regulation that sought to clarify EPA’s jurisdiction over US waterways, but has since been suspended and could wind up before the Supreme Court.

On Thursday, Republican Sen.

Senators yesterday spoke in broad terms about the fight ahead, with several saying the impact on specific policies would not be known until a nominee is named. “They’re going to do what they believe is right”. It could help them immensely for Trump to pick a more moderate nominee, but if he goes with a hardline conservative or a wild card, that would make it really tough for these Dems to sign on. John McCain of Arizona. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has committed to confirming a nominee in the fall, which the Republican-controlled Senate should be able to do if McConnell can hold his razor-thin majority together. Vice President Mike Pence can be called on to break a tie.

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said it would be tough to support someone who would revamp the landmark decision.

“I don’t think that’s completely inaccurate”, Shapiro explained. Donnelly would not say whether that has included him.

“It is a group of very highly talented, very brilliant, mostly conservative judges”, Trump added.

“It’s gonna be epic”, said Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List, which works to elect candidates who oppose abortion rights.

In announcing Kennedy’s retirement this week, Trump said he would start the effort to replace him “immediately” and would pick from a list of 25 names that he updated a year ago.

As many conservatives saw it, Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 1988 ascent to the nation’s highest bench was reason for only muted celebration, if any, because he settled into the seat that his nominator, President Ronald Reagan, had first tried to fill with the conservatives’ favorite jurist, Robert Bork. But that left the timing open for debate. They include judges Amy Coney Barrett, 46, the most talked-about woman on the list; Thomas Hardiman, 52, the runner-up to Gorsuch a year ago; Raymond Kethledge, 51, another former Kennedy clerk; and Amul Thapar, 49, a favorite of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.