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Trump Releases List of Supreme Court Picks

<p>Recently&comma; Donald Trump released his list of potential Supreme Court justices that he would like to fill the spot of Justice Antonin Scalia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The list&comma; which was dubbed the &ldquo&semi;conservative dream team&rdquo&semi; by CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin&comma; is thought to be similar to what Ted Cruz would have released as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Six of the potential justices on the list were appointed to federal appeals courts by George W&period; Bush&comma; while the other five have experience on state supreme courts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The court is now balanced between the left and the right&comma; so any judge that fills Scalia&rsquo&semi;s spot will tip the balance in one direction or the other&period; Each of the 11 on Trump&rsquo&semi;s list are part of the Federalist Society&comma; a conservative legal group&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although presidential nominees usually do not release names of potential justices&comma; Trump is making an effort to convince voters that he will not choose a liberal justice if elected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here&rsquo&semi;s a look at who made Trump&rsquo&semi;s list&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Steven Colloton<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Colloton&comma; from Iowa&comma; is a judge on the U&period;S&period; Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and has been since 2003&comma; when he was appointed by George W&period; Bush&period; Before that&comma; he served as the U&period;S&period; Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa and a law lecturer at the University of Iowa&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Allison Eid<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eid is currently an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court&comma; where she was appointed by Colorado Governor Bill Owens in 2006&period; She previously held the position of solicitor general in Colorado and was also a law professor at the University of Colorado&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Raymond Gruender<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gruender has been a judge on the U&period;S&period; Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 2004 when he was appointed by George W&period; Bush&period; He has ample prosecutorial experience from his time as District Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Thomas Hardiman<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hardiman has served as a judge of the U&period;S&period; Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit since 2007&period; Before that&comma; he was a judge on the U&period;S&period; District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Raymond Kethledge<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since 2008&comma; Kethledge has been a judge of the U&period;S&period; Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit&period; Prior to that&comma; Kethledge served as a judicial counsel to Michigan Senator Spencer Abraham and also worked at Ford Motor Company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Joan Larsen<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Larsen is an Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court&period; Prior to this&comma; she was a professor at the University of Michigan School of Law and an Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department&rsquo&semi;s Office of Legal Counsel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Thomas Lee<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Lee has been an Associate Justice of the Utah Supreme Court since 2010&comma; but prior to that&comma; he was Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department&rsquo&semi;s Civil Division&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>William Pryor<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pryor is currently a judge of the U&period;S&period; Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit&period; Prot to this&comma; he was the Alabama Attorney General&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>David Stras<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Stras has served as an Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court since 2010&period; Before this&comma; he was a legal academic at the University of Minnesota Law School and wrote a great deal about the structure of the judiciary system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Diane Sykes<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sykes has served on the U&period;S&period; Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since 2004&period; Before this&comma; she was a Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and a Wisconsin trial court judge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Don Willett<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since 2005&comma; Willett has served as a Justice of the Texas Supreme Court&period; Prior to this&comma; he was a senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and an advisor to former President&comma; George W&period; Bush&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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