The Trump Domestic Agenda: Supreme Court Nominees

Most of the attention, of course, will be paid to their views on abortion.  Trump has promised to appoint pro-life justices.  While nothing he says should be taken seriously until he signs on the dotted line, there is no particularly good reason for him to lie about this, so for once, I will take him at his word.

The more interesting question is whether he will nominate judges with strong views supporting federal, and particularly executive, power.  Will he be able to identify people who will give him all the authority that he wants?  Does he even understand that will be an issue?  How will the Republicans in the Senate who have fought Obama so hard on “caesarism” justify changing their positions?  To be honest, I have no answers to these questions at this time, and neither does anyone else.