Supreme Court picks????

Judicial Crisis Network pressures 2020 Dems to release their Supreme Court picks

By MARIANNE LEVINE

The Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative legal advocacy group, will spend $1.1 million on national ads demanding that Vice President Joe Biden and other 2020 candidates release their list of Supreme Court picks.

In an ad released Tuesday, JCN cites a recent New York Times article that described efforts from liberal judicial advocacy groups to identify young judges a Democratic president could nominate. The article noted that unlike President Donald Trump’s decision during his campaign to release his list of potential Supreme Court nominees, the liberal groups intend to keep their list private.

“Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden and all Democratic presidential candidates should stop hiding and release their list of potential Supreme Court nominees so the American people can judge for themselves,” Carrie Severino, JCN’s chief counsel and policy director, said in a statement.

The ad includes a flashback to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation fight and attacks Democrats for “keeping Americans in the dark.”

“What are they hiding?” the ad says. “Tell Joe Biden. Trump released his list. Why won’t you?”

The ad will run for two weeks and comes just ahead of the Democratic presidential debates later this week. Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have made confirming judicial nominees a top priority during his presidency. The issue is expected to play a prominent role on the campaign trail for Democrats.