White House said to be vetting potential Supreme Court nominee

During his first term in office, President Donald Trump helped to reshape America’s highest judicial body through his appointment of Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.

What’s more, the White House is now preparing for the possibility that Trump could make yet another addition to the Supreme Court.  

Administration looks to “Alito, Clarence Thomas and the late Scalia” as models

That’s according to an article published earlier this week by Time magazine, which cited a collection of anonymous Trump administration sources.

“We are looking for people in the mold of Alito, Clarence Thomas and the late Scalia,” one unnamed figure was quoted as saying.

Time noted how former Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away in 2016, continues to be held in high regard by many on the right.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade. while Justice Clarence Thomas helped to expand gun rights with his majority opinion in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen.

Some dissatisfaction exists over Trump’s first term picks

What’s more, Time stated that “advisors close to Trump” are seeking to remedy what some perceive as mistakes associated with the president’s first-term Supreme Court selections.

This includes avoiding the sort of “high drama” which came to envelop Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings seven years ago.

Additionally, some of Trump’s supporters have felt “burned” by the way in which Justice Barrett has occasionally broken with her conservative colleagues.

That latter fact was pointed out by Benjamin Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who also serves as editor in chief at the website Lawfare.

“There’s a lot of anger at Amy Coney Barrett coming from the MAGA movement,” Wittes was quoted as telling Time. “I think you can imagine a very different type of nominee than we’ve had from Trump in the past.”

Conservative lawyer helping to vet possible nominees

Among those said to be involved in vetting potential Supreme Court candidates are Attorney General Pam Bondi, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, White House Counsel David Warrington, and Deputy White House Counsel for Nominations Steve Kenny.

Also playing a role is attorney Mike Davis, who founded a conservative judicial advocacy group known as The Article III Project.

“I have provided my recommended list to the President and his team and I am not going to discuss that list with anyone other than them,” Davis told Time. He added that “the President and the President alone will decide his judicial nominees.”

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