JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has released a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia.
David Stras, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, is on the list. Stras has served on the court since 2010. Prior to his appointment, Stras worked as a legal academic at the University of Minnesota Law School. He received his law and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Kansas.
Other names on the list include: Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado, Raymond Gruender of Missouri, Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, Joan Larsen of Michigan, Thomas Lee of Utah, William Pryor of Alabama, Diane Sykes of Wisconsin and Don Willett of Texas.
Trump said in March he planned to release the list of potential nominees to ease concerns about his conservative credentials in the Republican primary.
He said then the list would include judges "that everybody respects, likes and totally admires" and "great conservative judges, great intellects, the people that you want."
