This week Donald Trump delivered what he promised in March—a list of people he would consider as “potential replacements for Justice [Antonin] Scalia.” Trump wants to ease concerns among Republicans and conservatives (two categories that largely overlap) about his commitment to “conservative principles.” As if to leave no doubt about that, Trump said the list was “compiled, first and foremost, based on constitutional principles, with input from highly respected conservatives.” The businessman held up Scalia as his model for a Justice: He was “a brilliant Supreme Court Justice,” whose “career was defined by his reverence for the Constitution,” and who “did not believe in legislating from the bench . . . I held [him] in the highest regard and will always greatly respect his intelligence and conviction to uphold the Constitution.”

Trump said the lawyers on his list—some 11 in all—are “representative of the kind of constitutional principles I value and, as President, I plan to use this list as a guide to nominate our next United Supreme Court Justices.” Note here the use of the plural Justices. The list will be used in filling not just the Scalia vacancy but also any others that might occur during a Trump presidency.