Anthony Kennedy Retirement: Trump's List Of Possible Replacements

President Trump said on Wednesday that his replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court would be someone from a list of 25 people he had compiled during the 2016 election.

"It will be somebody from that list," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

Kennedy, a swing vote on the court on several 5-4 decisions, announced his retirement from the bench on Wednesday. The nomination process to replace Kennedy is expected to be heated as Trump has the opportunity shift the makeup of the court. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the Senate will vote in the fall on Kennedy's replacement but Democrats are already voicing their opposition as McConnell refused to give Obama's nominee to replace Antonin Scalia a hearing, let alone a vote.

Here's the 25 nominees who were on Trump's shortlist:

• Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Keith Blackwell of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
• Charles Canady of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida
• Steven Colloton of Iowa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Allison Eid of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Britt Grant of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
• Raymond Gruender of Missouri, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Brett Kavanaugh of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Joan Larsen of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Mike Lee of Utah, United States Senator
• Thomas Lee of Utah, Supreme Court of Utah
• Edward Mansfield of Iowa, Supreme Court of Iowa
• Federico Moreno of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• Kevin Newsom of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• William Pryor of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Margaret Ryan of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• David Stras of Minnesota, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Diane Sykes of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Amul Thapar of Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Timothy Tymkovich of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• Robert Young of Michigan, Supreme Court of Michigan (Ret.)
• Don Willett of Texas, Supreme Court of Texas
• Patrick Wyrick of Oklahoma, Supreme Court of Oklahoma

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