Supreme Court Could See at Least 4 Vacancies in 4 Years, Trump Says

President Donald Trump projects that he’s on track to win confirmation of more than 300 new conservative judges by the end of the year. 

And in the next four years, the president predicts, as many as five vacancies could open on the Supreme Court. 

“By the time we are finished, we will have in excess of 300 [federal judges confirmed], including the court of appeals, and of course two very exceptional Supreme Court justices,” Trump said Friday in remarks about his success in seating new judges to the Council for National Policy, a conservative group, in Arlington, Virginia. 

“I’ve had two [Supreme Court picks],” Trump said. “Some presidents have had none, because you generally pick them young and they last a long time.”