The president of the United States appoints the members of the Supreme Court of the U.S., which is the highest court of the federal judiciary. The current Supreme Court justices are: Elenak Scalia, Anthony M. Coney, Stephen M. Breyer and David Souter. The last three justices were appointed by President George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama, and all were federal appellate judges who had been appointed by Bush. The next four justices will be appointed by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and will be confirmed by the Republican-led Senate.
About Donald Trump Supreme Court candidates in brief
The president of the United States appoints the members of the Supreme Court of the U.S., which is the highest court of the federal judiciary. President Trump began his term in January 2017 with a vacancy to be filled as a result of the February 2016 death of Justice Antonin Scalia. In early July 2018, Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh as his replacement; Kavanaugh was confirmed on October 6, 2018. In June 2018, Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, creating a second vacancy. Following the death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020, Trump nominations Amy Coney Barrett as her replacement on September 26, 2020. In November 2017, five more names were added to the previous lists of potential nominees. The Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett confirmations were enabled by a rule change made by the Senate Republican majority in April 2017, after the Senate Democratic majority had made a similar change in 2013, which applied the so-called nuclear option to Supreme Court nominees.
Leonard Leo played a crucial role in selecting Trump’s appointees and helping them successfully navigate their Senate confirmation hearings. The Supreme Court has the following nine sitting justices: Neil Gorsuch, Thomas Hardiman, Bill Pryor, Amul Thapar, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Thomas Sotomayor, David Souter, and Anthony Kennedy. The current Supreme Court justices are: Elenak Scalia, Anthony M. Coney, Stephen M. Breyer and David. Souter. The last three justices were appointed by President George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush and Barack Obama, and all were federal appellate judges who had been appointed by Bush. The next four justices will be appointed by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, and will be confirmed by the Republican-led Senate. The new Supreme Court justice will be sworn in on October 1, 2018, and the next justice to join the court will be announced on October 15, 2018; the date of the next presidential election.
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