The Supreme Court nomination will come amid the controversy over Donald Trump’s order restricting travel into the US by people from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Photo: APWashington: President Donald Trump is poised to make his first US Supreme Court nomination, setting up a showdown with congressional Democrats over a selection that would bolster the court’s conservative wing for a generation or more. Even so, Republicans could eliminate the filibuster for Supreme Court appointments with a simple majority vote. ALSO READ | Did free market fundamentalism spawn the likes of Donald Trump? Hardiman has gone further than the Supreme Court in backing gun rights by saying the Constitution’s Second Amendment protects the right to carry a handgun in public places.

Source: Mint January 31, 2017 11:58 UTC