Women judges may become front-runners to fill the vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court if Brett Kavanaugh isn’t confirmed.
There would likely be significant pressure on Trump to pick a woman from those “who would want to drive home the point that, if the nomination fails, it wasn’t because of the nominee’s political views,” Stephen I. Vladeck, a constitutional law professor at the University of Texas at Austin, told Bloomberg Law via Twitter direct message.
“Presumably, there would be a view that it would be a lot harder for Democrats to object in such a case—on any ground,” ...