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During his 2016 campaign for President, [[Donald Trump]] released two lists of candidates for a vacancy on the Supreme Court and pledged to appoint Justices from those lists.<ref name="NYT-5-18">

During his 2016 campaign for President, [[Donald Trump]] released two lists of candidates for a vacancy on the Supreme Court and pledged to appoint Justices from those lists.<ref name="NYT-5-18">

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| title      = Donald Trump Releases List of Possible Supreme Court Picks

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</ref>  Both lists were assembled by the [[Federalist Society]] and the [[Heritage Foundation]].<ref name="goldmacher1">{{cite news|last1=Goldmacher|first1=Shane|last2=Johnson|first2=Eliana|last3=Gerstein|first3=Josh|title=How Trump got to yes on Gorsuch|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-supreme-court-gorsuch-234474|accessdate=February 12, 2017|publisher=Politico|date=31 January 2017}}</ref>  The '''Trump Supreme Court''' depends on a good analysis of candidates in order to avoid making a mistake.  [[Donald Trump]] wants to appoint judges like [[Antonin Scalia]], and has said so publicly.  But some of the judges on the lists fall far short of that standard, and could even become future [[liberal]]s if appointed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].  '''''The [[liberal media]] are heavily promoting the more liberal candidates on Trump's list, to try to steer Trump away from picking a [[conservative]]'''''.

</ref>  Both lists were assembled by the [[Federalist Society]] and the [[Heritage Foundation]].<ref name="goldmacher1">{{cite news|last1=Goldmacher|first1=Shane|last2=Johnson|first2=Eliana|last3=Gerstein|first3=Josh|title=How Trump got to yes on Gorsuch|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-supreme-court-gorsuch-234474|accessdate=February 12, 2017|publisher=Politico|date=31 January 2017}}</ref>  The '''Trump Supreme Court''' depends on a good analysis of candidates in order to avoid making a mistake.  [[Donald Trump]] wants to appoint judges like [[Antonin Scalia]], and has said so publicly.  But some of the judges on the lists fall far short of that standard, and could even become future [[liberal]]s if appointed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].  '''''The [[liberal media]] are heavily promoting the more liberal candidates on Trump's list, to try to steer Trump away from picking a [[conservative]]'''''.

A second vacancy arose during Trump's term when Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]], usually the swing vote in most 5-4 decisions, announced his retirement effective July 31, 2018; Trump announced that he would select Kennedy's replacement from the list and announce his pick on July 9.  Other vacancies are possible during a first term and should Trump run for and win a second term, most likely during that term.

A second vacancy arose during Trump's term when Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]], usually the swing vote in most 5-4 decisions, announced his retirement effective July 31, 2018; Trump announced that he would select Kennedy's replacement from the list and announce his pick on July 9.  Other vacancies are possible during a first term and should Trump run for and win a second term, most likely during that term.

===Marine court-martialed for [[Bible]] verse===

===Marine court-martialed for [[Bible]] verse===

*Margaret Ryan wrote the decision that court-martialed a Marine for displaying a Bible verse.<ref> http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/11/military-high-court-religious-liberty-law-not-protect-displaying-bible-verses/</ref>

*Margaret Ryan wrote the decision that court-martialed a Marine for displaying a Bible verse.<ref> https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/11/military-high-court-religious-liberty-law-not-protect-displaying-bible-verses/</ref>

===Judge Pryor has repeatedly ruled against the Christian position===

===Judge Pryor has repeatedly ruled against the Christian position===

|David Stras || Minnesota Supreme Court  || 42 ||  || Probably too young at this time to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, he is a former clerk for Justice [[Clarence Thomas]]

|David Stras || Minnesota Supreme Court  || 42 ||  || Probably too young at this time to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, he is a former clerk for Justice [[Clarence Thomas]]

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|Diane Sykes || US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit  || 59 (in Dec.) || 70-27<ref>http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=2&vote=00152</ref> || ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood in blocking an Indiana law that attempted to cut off funding to it under the Medicaid law.  ''Planned Parenthood of Ind., Inc. v. Comm'r of the Ind. State Dep't of Health'', 699 F.3d 962 (7th Cir. 2012).<ref>https://casetext.com/case/planned-parenthood-of-ind-inc-v-commr-of-the-ind-state-dept-of-health</ref>

|Diane Sykes || US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit  || 59 (in Dec.) || 70-27<ref>https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=108&session=2&vote=00152</ref> || ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood in blocking an Indiana law that attempted to cut off funding to it under the Medicaid law.  ''Planned Parenthood of Ind., Inc. v. Comm'r of the Ind. State Dep't of Health'', 699 F.3d 962 (7th Cir. 2012).<ref>https://casetext.com/case/planned-parenthood-of-ind-inc-v-commr-of-the-ind-state-dept-of-health</ref>

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|Amul Thapar || Eastern District of Kentucky ||  ||  || Unlikely pick from the position of a trial rather than appellate court judge

|Amul Thapar || Eastern District of Kentucky ||  ||  || Unlikely pick from the position of a trial rather than appellate court judge