By: Ballotpedia.org – ballotpedia.org – November 17, 2017

President Donald Trump announced Judge Neil Gorsuch as his nominee to succeed Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court of the United States on January 31, 2017. On May 18, 2016, he released a list of individuals that Trump “would consider as potential replacements for Justice Scalia at the United States Supreme Court.” According to a statement attributed to Trump and released via his campaign website,[1]

“ Justice Scalia was a remarkable person and a brilliant Supreme Court Justice. His career was defined by his reverence for the Constitution and his legacy of protecting Americans’ most cherished freedoms. He was a Justice who did not believe in legislating from the bench and he is a person whom I held in the highest regard and will always greatly respect his intelligence and conviction to uphold the Constitution of our country. The following list of potential Supreme Court justices is representative of the kind of constitutional principles I value and, as President, I plan to use this list as a guide to nominate our next United States Supreme Court Justices.[2] ”

On September 23, 2016, Trump released a second list of individuals expanding on the list released in May. Trump announced that he would not only select a successor to Justice Scalia from his list, but added “I will choose only from it in picking future Justices of the United States Supreme Court.”

According to a statement attributed to Trump and released via his campaign website,[3]

“ We have a very clear choice in this election. The freedoms we cherish and the constitutional values and principles our country was founded on are in jeopardy. The responsibility is greater than ever to protect and uphold these freedoms and I will appoint justices, who like Justice Scalia, will protect our liberty with the highest regard for the Constitution. This list is definitive and I will choose only from it in picking future Justices of the United States Supreme Court. I would like to thank the Federalist Society, The Heritage Foundation and the many other individuals who helped in composing this list of twenty-one highly respected people who are the kind of scholars that we need to preserve the very core of our country, and make it greater than ever before.[2] ”

2017 additions

On November 17, 2017, President Trump announced five more names would be added to his list. A White House statement announcing the nominees stated,[4]

“One year ago, President Donald J. Trump was elected to restore the rule of law and to Make the Judiciary Great Again. Following the successful confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States and the nomination of more than seventy Federal judges—including five individuals from his Supreme Court list—President Trump today announced that he is refreshing his Supreme Court list with five additional judges. President Trump will choose a nominee for a future Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise, from this updated list of 25 individuals. The President remains deeply committed to identifying and selecting outstanding jurists in the mold of Justice Gorsuch. These additions, like those on the original list released more than a year ago, were selected with input from respected conservative leaders.[2]”

The complete list of Trump nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court had the following names (listed alphabetically):

Page updated November 17, 2017

Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Keith Blackwell, Supreme Court of Georgia

Charles Canady, Supreme Court of Florida

Steven Colloton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Allison Eid, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Britt Grant, Supreme Court of Georgia

Raymond Gruender, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Thomas Hardiman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Raymond Kethledge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Joan Larsen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Mike Lee, U.S. Senator from Utah

Thomas Lee, Supreme Court of Utah

Edward Mansfield, Supreme Court of Iowa

Federico Moreno, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Kevin Newsom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

William Pryor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Margaret Ryan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Amul Thapar, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Timothy Tymkovich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

David Stras, Supreme Court of Minnesota

Diane Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Don Willett, Supreme Court of Texas

Patrick Wyrick, Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Robert Young, Supreme Court of Michigan

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Source: Complete list of Donald Trump’s potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court – Ballotpedia