President Donald Trump has considered the possibility that conservative Justice Samuel Alito might step down later this year, giving him the ability to nominate a fourth justice to the Supreme Court.
Trump said he has a list of potential candidates in mind if a seat opens on the nine-justice bench this year. And when asked about the importance of the possibility of Alito stepping down while Republicans are in control of the Senate, Trump pointed to how Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death in 2020 shifted the court.
“Ginsburg could not do it, and she really hurt
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