The Trump administration has developed relationships with the children of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, in what some speculate is an effort to convince Justice Kennedy to retire (Politico).
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments about whether Courts of Criminal Appeals judges can constitutionally sit on Court of Military Commission Review, including the court at Guantanamo Bay.
The recent withdrawal of three judicial nominees is an aberration from President Trump’s large success in nominating young conservation jurists to the federal bench over the last year.