The agreement calls for the creation of a 25-member committee to review nominees' records.
The Trump transition is looking for any excuse to distract the American people from its nominees' records, including hinting at debunked claims and baseless accusations".
Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said that while the organization does not take stances on presidential nominations, it does "educate the American people and the Congress about nominees' records and past positions".
A quick look at these potential nominees' records shows that they would, in fact, swing the court far to the right, maybe even further than Justice Scalia, on issues like the environment, voting rights, money in politics, consumer rights, gun violence, LGBT and reproductive rights, and more.
A1 Nominee's Records Released As a young lawyer in the Justice Department at the beginning of Ronald Reagan's presidency, John G. Roberts advocated judicial restraint on the issues of the day, many of which are still topical, documents released by the National Archives show.
President Obama praised the nominee's record on the game show, calling it "not too shabby".
Speakers like Christie and Ryan labored to transfer some of their own credibility as conservative reformers to a nominee whose record still inspires little conservative enthusiasm.
The Senate confirmed Jeffrey S. Sutton, one of President Bush's nominees to an appeals court, but the Democrats will filibuster against another nominee, whose record they call "egregious".
Any nominee whose record pleases such conservatives, however, "will meet stiff opposition from Democrats," said Senator Charles E. Schumer, a New York Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
If the polls are correct, it is people like her – Latinos and women – who are poised to support the Democratic nominee in record numbers this election.
