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Who's On The Short List To Be President Trump's Supreme Court Nominee

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A man walks up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 31, 2017 in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
A man walks up the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 31, 2017 in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

President Trump says he plans to announce his nominee to the Supreme Court Tuesday night. The person he names will be considered to take the vacant seat of the conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who died almost a year ago.

For more on who Trump is considering, Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson talks with Dahlia Lithwick (@DahliaLithwick), who covers courts and the law for Slate.

This segment aired on January 31, 2017.

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