Judge Neil Gorsuch is likely to be confirmed to the US Supreme Court, and there may be other vacancies in the next four years. In addition, 124 judicial benches are open in federal appellate and district courts all over the country, and more retirements are inevitable. As long as Republicans dominate the Senate, there's a real chance that Mr. Trump could push the system to the Right for generations. That's been the goal of so-called "dark money" spent by shadowy billionaires to make American institutions more to their liking.
Can President Trump 'pack' the federal court system?
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- Barnes on Gorsuch stressing his independenct from President Trump
- Barnes on Trump inheriting 100+ court vacancies, plans to reshape judiciary
- Malcolm on how his approach to the law makes Gorsuch good fit for Supreme Court
- Wydra on how the burden of proof rests on Trump's Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch
- Shugerman on Gorsuch and the frozen trucker’
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Guests:
- Robert Barnes - Supreme Court correspondent for the Washington Post - @scotusreporter
- John Malcolm - Heritage Foundation - @malcolm_john
- Elizabeth Wydra - Constitutional Accountability Center - @ElizabethWydra
- Jed Shugerman - Fordham University - @jedshug