Trump unveils list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices

Associated Press ^ | 5/18/16 | Jill Colvin

[TontoKowalski]

The names are at the link.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Judge Pryor in Alabama is the only one I’ve ever heard of.
But they ALL have to be vastly superior to Hillary’s picks.

[TontoKowalski]

Steven Colloton of Iowa
Allison Eid of Colorado
Raymond Gruender of Missouri
Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania
Raymond Kethledge of Michigan
Joan Larsen of Michigan
Thomas Lee of Utah
William Pryor of Alabama
David Stras of Minnesota
Diane Sykes of Wisconsin
Don Willett of Texas

OK, Freepers. Get to vettin'

Make it snappy. I'm unfamiliar with most of these.

[Secret Agent Man]

No they dont. Assumptions are what always screws us.

[bigbob]

Scruzed!

[justlurking]

Don Willett is a Texas Supreme Court justice:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Willett

[TexasCruzin]

Don Willett of Texas is great. Very conservative.

[henkster]

Damn...I was passed over. Again.

[Publius]

But they ALL have to be vastly superior to Hillary’s picks.

And that is how Trump is putting pressure on Clinton and Sanders to name their choices for the bench. It's one-upmanship and forces them to play cards they would both prefer to hold close to their respective vests.

A good chess move on Trump's part.

[justlurking]

David Stras is an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stras

[Red Steel]

[BlueStateRightist]

One has to wonder if all these candidates gave the “okay” to be on this public list.

[justlurking]

Allison Eid is a justice on the Colorado Supreme Court:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_H._Eid

[TontoKowalski]

He is also fulfilling a promise he made during the primaries. It's an honorable move.

Pryor and Sykes, who he had mentioned by name in a debate, are on the list.

[Secret Agent Man]

Sykes is a fairly good one. Lots of groups opposed her because of her opposition to abortion. All the big pro-aborts hate her. Plus she looks like she was oposed to letting school districts keep taxing their citizens higher and higher without recourse.

I would say shes a good choice.

[justlurking]

Joan Larsen is a justice on the Michigan Supreme Court.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Larsen

I'm starting to see a pattern....

[SamAdams76]

Looks like Cruz really screwed the pooch for himself.

[TontoKowalski]

Of the three you've posted the Wikilinks to so far, none are Ivy League Law School.

One from Duke Law, one from University of Chicago Law, one from Kansas Law.

This is a very good sign, IMO.

[GT Vander]

Thank you, more info to study!

[WilliamCooper1]

Most are non-Harvard/Yale/NYU New Englanders. That’s a good thing.