Trump Fulfills Conservative Wishes With High Court Shortlist

By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News

Conservatives who care about the U.S. Supreme Court put their faith in Donald Trump. Now he is poised to reward it.

Barring a dramatic shift in approach, the president is a week away from nominating someone who would become a core member of the court’s conservative wing. Each of four appellate judges in contention for the slot, including frontrunners Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman, would fit neatly into the ideological mold of the man they would succeed, the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

“I have made my decision pretty much in my mind, yes,” Trump said ...