Analysis: A political bargain that’s working out for social conservativesIn the president's appointment of two Texans to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, conservatives are seeing the fruits of a bargain made in the 2016 elections: Donald Trump might not be their favorite, but they're getting judges they want.by Ross Ramsey Sept. 29, 2017 10 hours ago Here are a couple of important statistics: Don Willett is 51 and Jim Ho is 44.
If and when they are confirmed to sit on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — the two Texans were appointed by President Donald Trump on Thursday — they’ll be taking positions they will probably hold long after Trump himself leaves Washington, D.C.
This is the part of the Trump phenomenon that attracted otherwise very conservative Republicans who probably wouldn’t sit next to the president at a movie: They’re getting judges — young judges, by the looks of things — that they certainly wouldn’t be getting had Hillary Clinton won the election.
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