Trump Adds Five To His Supreme Court List -- But There's Still No Vacancy

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Fri, 11/17/2017 - 4:38pm

President Donald Trump took the unusual step Friday of adding names to the roster of potential Supreme Court justices he distributed during his run for office, even though the court has no current vacancies and no justices have announced their intentions to retire.

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