LOOK FOR A MORE CONSERVATIVE SUPREME COURT WITH DONALD TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE. SENIOR LECTURER PETER KIERST AT UNM SPECIALIZES IN CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND THE SUPREME COURT…AND SAYS TRUMP COULD BE MAKING SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE YEARS TO COME.
HE SAYS IT WOULD CREATE A CHANCE FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP AND THE SENATE TO CHANGE THE SHAPE OF THE COURT SO THE 5-4 MAJORITY BECOMES 6-3 OR 7-2 OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
KIERST SAYS TRUMP WILL LIKELY NAME A REPLACEMENT FOR ANTONIN SCALIA FAIRLY QUICKLY. PLUS, HE SAYS OTHER VACANCIES MAY OCCUR SINCE SOME MEMBERS OF THE LIBERAL WING OF THE HIGH COURT ARE GETTING OLDER.
