The Latest: Larsen stood vigil by Scalia's casket
Joan Larsen, one of three women on Trump's Supreme Court short list, was a clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia and was one of those who took turns standing vigil by his casket as he lay in repose.
Larsen, a graduate of Northwestern University's law school, was also one of two former clerks to speak at a memorial for Scalia a little over two weeks after his death.
A federal appeals court judge who also served as U.S. attorney in Missouri is among 11 potential Supreme Court justices presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has released.
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah doesn't know if he can support Donald Trump but he is praising the billionaire's suggestion of his brother, Utah Supreme Court Justice Thomas Lee, as a potential for the nation's highest court.
The Republican senator said in a statement Wednesday that the people he knows on Trump's list of 11 potential U.S. Supreme Court justices would all be great choices but "one name on that list stands head and shoulders above the rest."
Mike Lee is a close friend and supporter of Ted Cruz and has repeatedly said he's unsure if he could support Trump as the GOP nominee.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's list of potential Supreme Court nominees includes Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison Eid (EED), a former law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas.
In 2012, Eid sharply dissented from a court opinion that upheld a congressional redistricting process that made several Colorado seats more competitive.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says he's impressed by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's list of potential picks to serve on the Supreme Court.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley says in a statement released Wednesday that Trump's list is made up of judges who "understand and respect the fundamental principle that the role of the courts is limited and subject to the Constitution and the rule of law."
Donald Trump's list of potential Supreme Court nominees is getting a thumbs-up from a conservative group spearheading opposition to President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland.
Severino said the 11 federal and state judges on Trump's list all share "a record of putting the law and the Constitution ahead of their political preferences."
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee said in March he planned to release a list of potential high court nominees to ease concerns about his conservative credentials.
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.
Trump said in March he planned to release the list to ease concerns about his conservative credentials in the Republican primary.