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Jan. 11, 2017, 9:56 PM UTC

Trump SCOTUS Short-Lister Gruender: Five Things to Know

Bloomberg Law - Staff Reports

By Patrick Gregory and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg BNA

Potential U.S. Supreme Court nominee and current Eighth Circuit Judge Raymond W. Gruender’s conservative bona fides surpass the other frontrunners for the vacant seat on the court, at least by one measure.

President-elect Donald Trump has said he’ll choose someone from his short list of 21 potential high court nominees, which includes Gruender, to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last year.

Gruender is on Trump’s even shorter list of eight finalists, according to a Jan. 3 Politico story.

1) CONSERVATIVE CREDENTIALS.

At Gruender’s 2004 confirmation hearing, Sen. Patrick ...

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