Coming Soon: Trump Supreme Court Nominee

A full U.S. Supreme Court bench is likely by the end of the current term, which ends in June, Reginald J. Brown, of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, told Bloomberg BNA Nov. 14.

There will likely be a flurry of activity in the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, in stark contrast to the months of inaction on President Barack Obama’s high court nominee Merrick Garland.

In March, GOP Senators vowed to hold up any Supreme Court nominee until after the 2016 presidential election.

Now that Donald Trump has won the presidency, Garland’s nomination is “dead in the ...