The White House is already preparing to fill its next Supreme Court seat

Trump is preparing to fill another Supreme Court seat.
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The Senate will vote Thursday morning whether to end debate and hold a vote on President Trump's first Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. Trump tapped Gorsuch to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, whose seat has been held vacant by Republican leadership for more than a year; Democrats plan to filibuster the cloture vote, forcing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to change Senate rules to allow Gorsuch to be confirmed by a simple majority.

But despite the fiery partisan battle taking place on Capitol Hill over his first Supreme Court pick, President Trump is apparently already gearing up for round two. Politico reports the White House has its eye on 80-year-old justice Anthony Kennedy, who has served as the court's de facto swing vote for years — and with whom the Trump team is confident it has an in:

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Kimberly Alters

Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.