Justice Ruth Bader's replacement

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is expected to bring social issues such as abortion to greater prominence in the election [J Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press]. "All of the people Trump has named as potential nominees are known to be anti-abortion," Melanie Sloan, a former federal prosecutor, told Al Jazeera, referring to a list of more than 40 Supreme Court candidates the president previously promised to choose from in case of a vacancy. "There's already a five-four majority of anti-abortion judges, and if Trump is able to put somebody else on the bench that'll give them a six-three majority," said Sloan, who was council for the Senate Judiciary Committee during Ginsburg's 1993 confirmation hearing. Source: Aljazeera