On Friday, 2/19/16, the Austin Federalist Society hosted me for a discussion on the selecting the next Supreme Court Justice. In light of recent events, the discussion took on a much higher gravity, as this question is no longer hypothetical. The audio is here:
And in attendance was the Twitter-in-Chief, Justice Don Willett–though I totally gave him a shoutout that he missed because (big surprise) he was tweeting about my presentation.
The last 7 presidents who’ve named #SCOTUS justices.
🏛 5 R presidents—12
🏛 2 D presidents—4
Nothing more fateful. pic.twitter.com/YesjMNRvrx
— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) February 19, 2016