President-elect Donald Trump has not been sworn in, nor has he said whom he intends to nominate to the Supreme Court once he is inaugurated. But a key activist group is starting to mobilize for the bare-knuckle fight that is sure to follow that nomination. “And because of Donald Trump, the next Supreme Court justice will do just that.”[Trump’s victory has enormous consequences for the Supreme Court]The ad, set to air in the Washington, New York and South Florida media markets, serves several purposes. They include state Supreme Court justices, federal appeals court judges and one sitting senator — Mike Lee (R-Utah) — most of them active and well-known in conservative legal circles, such as the Federalist Society. “This list is definitive, and I will choose only from it in picking future Justices of the United States Supreme Court,” Trump said in September.

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2016 11:03 UTC