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Curt Levey, who serves as a constitutional law attorney with the Committee for Justice and Freedom Works, pointed out that in the past, presidents have too frequently picked nominees for political reasons. “But Trump picked some of the most qualified people for these 10 spots, and just as importantly, he picked people who will be conservative jurists – people who will respect the Constitution's limits on federal power,” Levey stressed. “It's protection of individual rights,