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Wall Street Journal heaps praise on Trump Supreme Court list

By Nick Gass

The Wall Street Journal and Donald Trump have not always seen eye-to-eye throughout the election cycle.

Last November, Trump took issue with the newspaper's editorial board after it hammered him over his positions on trade, calling for an apology after he said it mischaracterized his views. In February, Trump referred to a poll co-sponsored by the paper showing him behind as a "Rupert Murdoch hit," a reference to publication's owner. The next month, Trump took issue with publishing voting results showing that he has received fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. ".@WSJ Editorial says "Clinton primary vote total is 8,646,551.Trump's is 7,533,692"-a knock. But she had only 3 opponents-I had 16.Apologize," Trump wrote at the time.

But in an op-ed published Thursday evening, the editorial board seemed to warm to Trump's move in releasing a list of 11 potential Supreme Court nominees.

"One obvious worry about Mr. Trump is that he has given voters no clear idea of how he would govern, so offering some specific pre-election guidance is good politics that could lead to better judicial choices," the board wrote, adding that the list of names is "clearly intended to bring along social conservatives who have been leery of Mr. Trump: Several have a paper trail defending religious liberty, restrictions on abortion, or vouchers for parochial schools."

The board sounded a note of caution as to whether Trump would actually stick to the list, noting that the presumptive nominee himself has raised the possibility of adding more names.

"Our main concern would be whether Mr. Trump would stick to his list if Republicans lost the Senate and he turned to the 'art of the deal' with Chuck Schumer," the board continued. (Should Republicans lose the Senate in November, Schumer would become majority leader.)

"Nothing is certain with Mr. Trump, but that’s far preferable to the certainty that Hillary Clinton would nominate a down-the-line liberal," the board wrote. "The direction of the Supreme Court for a generation is up for grabs in November, and Mr. Trump’s list makes him far superior to Mrs. Clinton on that score."