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Indian-American Judge Amul Thapar in Trump’s Shortlist of US SC Nominees
Kennedy was considered a swing vote and a balancing figure in a US Supreme Court tied 4-4 between conservative and liberal justices, and Trump’s pick to replace him, mainly on the basis of conservative credentials, will profoundly effect the life of every American for the next few decades in areas ranging from marriage to reproductive rights to gun control.
Amul Thapar, a federal judge of Indian-origin, is on the shortlist of US President Trump’s nominees for the US Supreme Court following Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announced on Wednesday.