Legitimacy of the judicial branch

Read the passage below and answer the following question.

Chris Wallace: “Mr. Trump, you're pro-life. But I want to ask you specifically: Do you want the court, including the justices that you will name, to overturn Roe v. Wade, which includes -- in fact, states -- a woman's right to abortion?”

Donald Trump: “Well, if that would happen, because I am pro-life, and I will be appointing pro-life judges, I would think that that will go back to the individual states.

Trump: “Well, if we put another two or perhaps three justices on, that's really what's going to be -- that will happen. And that'll happen automatically, in my opinion, because I am putting pro-life justices on the court. I will say this: It will go back to the states, and the states will then make a determination.”

-Presidential candidate Donald Trump, Final Presidential Debate, 2016

Which of the following statements is most consistent with President Trump’s argument in this passage?

(Choice A)
He will nominate Supreme Court justices who identify as racial minorities to create a more diverse court
(Choice B)
He will nominate Supreme Court justices who respect precedent to avoid appointing activist justices
(Choice C)
He will nominate Supreme Court justices who maintain the ideological balance of the Supreme Court
(Choice D)
He will nominate Supreme Court justices who share his policy preferences in order to achieve his policy goals

AP®︎/College US Government and Politics

Course: AP®︎/College US Government and Politics > Unit 2

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