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Quote
of
the
Day.
The
opportunity
is
there
now
[but]
they
may
be
having
some
reservations
about
being
replaced
with
Trump’s
brand
of
Republican
judicial
nominee.
—
Daniel
Walters,
a
professor
at
Texas
A&M
University
School
of
Law,
in
comments
given
to
Bloomberg
Law,
on
whether
the
Fifth
Circuit
will
grow
more
conservative
under
president-elect
Donald
Trump’s
second
term
in
the
White
House.
Six
of
the
circuit’s
17
judges
are
eligible
to
take
senior
status,
and
four
of
them
were
nominated
by
Republican
presidents.
These
judges
are
considered
to
be
much
more
moderate
than
the
six
who
joined
the
court
during
Trump’s
first
term.
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