2 Supreme Court nominations made, Trump may have none to go
WASHINGTON — What would it take for President Donald Trump to get yet another Supreme Court pick? Probably the death of a justice.
Trump has speculated that he could appoint a majority of the nine-member court. But it has been three decades since a president has been able to name more than two justices to their life-tenured posts, and Trump tied that number this week. The court’s oldest remaining justices, two liberals and a conservative who are 85, 79 and 70, haven’t suggested they’re going anywhere and appear in fine health.
That hasn’t stopped Trump and others from predicting more openings.
“This could be the presidency with the most Supreme Court picks of any presidency in history,” Trump said during an appearance in Virginia more than a year before becoming president. “You’ll probably have three. You could have four and you could even have five.”