News Blog C10-4: Trump's Supreme Court Pick

The New York Times wrote an article following up on President Trump's promise to make a Supreme Court nomination by the end of the week. The court has had a vacant seat for nearly a year now and the justices have been avoiding to hear cases that they know would end in a 4-4 deadlock. President Obama nominated Judge Merrick B. Garland to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia, but Republican Senators had refused to hold the confirmation hearing. Democrats are ready to apply the same tactic and have said that they are willing to leave Scalia's seat open indefinitely if one of Trump's nominations do not fall within the legal mainstream. The top three candidates in the running currently are Judge William H. Pryor Jr, Judge Thomas H. Hardiman, and Judge Neil M. Gorsuch. All three are  conservatives currently serving on various federal appeals court. Jay Sekulow, the chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, believes that no matter how hard the Democrats questions Trump's nominee in the end they will be confirmed.