According to Harvard Law Professor Mark Tushnet, it is not outside the realm of possibility that Donald Trump could view his success at getting a compliant Republican-dominated Senate to rubber-stamp his controversial appointees as an opportunity to make another controversial nomination.
In an interview with the Guardian's Martin Pengelly, Tushnet, who is a William Nelson Cromwell professor of law emeritus at Harvard, was asked about who could be on tap if a Supreme Court seat becomes available available.
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“Trump as a person has his idiosyncrasies, I’ll put it that way,” the legal expert stated before adding, "And … I have thought about potential Trump nominees, and actually, what comes to mind is the equivalent of Pete Hegseth: a Fox News legal commentator.”
Pressed if he meant Fox Host Jeanine Pirro, also known as "Judge Jeanine" who served as both a judge and prosecutor in Westchester County in the 90's, the law professor admitted, "I wouldn’t rule it out. I don’t think it’s highly likely, but given the way those things work, and given the idea that you want people who aren’t simply judges, it’s not a lunatic thought, I guess.”
As for what the nation's highest court will face with Trump back in office, he explained, "My sense is that we’re not at the crisis point yet. Like many administrations before it, the Trump administration is taking aggressive legal positions, which may or may not be vindicated. If they’re not vindicated, they’re muttering about what they’ll do. That’s happened before."
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