challenge trump for the 2020
nomination, joining former
massachusetts governor bill weld
and former illinois
congressmember joe walsh.
sanford however will be able to
run in a primary in his own
state since the south carolinana
republican party voted to skip
the presidential primary next
year to save money and throw the
state's support behind the trump
campaign.
president trump is set to
appoint another judge to the
11th circuit court of appeals.
one of the court's judges said
last week he will take senior
status, meaning trump can
appoint a new judge to succeed
him.
last month, another judge also
announced he will also become a
senior judge.
in total, trump will have
appointed five of the 12 judges
on the court, which covers
alabama, georgia, and florida,
and hears many civil rights
cases, as well as death penalty
and voting rights cases.
since trtrump came into office,e
has appointed nearly one out of
four of the nation's federal
appeals court judges -- 70% of
those arare white...