After being disappointed by a handful of rulings at the end of the Supreme Court term, conservatives are debating anew how to ensure that Republican judicial nominees are as dependably conservative as Democratic picks are liberal.

Even after Republican appointees, most of them selected through a painstaking review process by top legal conservatives, achieved a 5-4 majority on the Supreme Court, the liberal bloc prevailed on key cases concerning abortion, LGBT rights, religious liberty, and immigration as the most recent term came to a close. President Trump has made his success with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at confirming conservative judges a major part of his case for reelection.