Presidential contender Sen. Bernie Sanders said he will consider releasing a shortlist of his potential nominees to the Supreme Court prior to the election.
"It's a reasonable idea," Sanders told The New York Times' editorial board. "My wife agrees with you. Yeah. I'll take that into consideration. Nothing wrong with that."Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at town hall at the National Motorcycle Museum on January 3, 2020 in Anamosa, Iowa.
Sanders is polling in second place in national surveys, behind former Vice President Joe Biden. He holds a slight lead in polls of Iowa and New Hampshire, the first caucus and primary states. Iowa hosts the first contest of the Democratic primary on Feb. 3. Neither of Trump's two eventual nominees, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, were on the first shortlist that Trump unveiled in May of 2016, though they were added to subsequent lists. Trump's two picks have solidified a 5-4 conservative majority on the nine-judge panel.
"The person that I would appoint would not only be 100% Roe v. Wade, would be somebody who understands plight of the working class in this country, who is prepared to stand up to the power of corporate interests," Sanders said.In June, the Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative group, launched aof potential nominees that a Democratic president could select that had been compiled by a liberal group.
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