WASHINGTON — During Donald Trump’s White House tenure, Republicans assembled the most conservative Supreme Court in a century.
Now, they’re excited about the prospect of building on those efforts by confirming even more conservative justices, as well as lower-court judges, if he wins another four years.
Two long-serving conservative justices will be on retirement watch in the coming years: Clarence Thomas, 76, and Samuel Alito, 74.
It takes 51 votes to confirm a Supreme Court justice, so in that scenario Republicans would have the power to replace them without any input from Democrats.
On the campaign trail, Harris hasn’t said much about the prospect of Supreme Court vacancies under the next president.
Persons:
Donald Trump’s, Kamala Harris, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, ” Sen, Josh Hawley, “, I’m, ” Hawley, Thomas, Alito — “, John Cornyn, Trump’s, ” Cornyn, Trump, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Mazie Hirono, Dobbs, ”, Hirono, Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, John Roberts, Harris hasn’t, Roe, Wade, ” Harris, ” Trump, Sen, Dick Durbin, ” Durbin, Amy Coney Barrett, Mike Davis, ” Davis, “ Trump, Thom Tillis, SCOTUS, “ I’ve, ” Tillis
Organizations:
Republicans, Trump, GOP, Federal Society, Supreme, Republican, White, NBC
Locations:
WASHINGTON, Texas, Hawaii, deadpanned, Los Angeles
![Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Sahil_Hs.Jpg](/find/mix/0?q="Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Sahil_Hs.Jpg"){kind=link}