Sen. Mike Lee said Friday that the White House is now talking to him about the new U.S. Supreme Court vacancy — but declined to say whether the topic is about his own possible nomination, or about others.
“That’s a private conversation,” he told reporters in Salt Lake City after a speech about public lands.
Asked if as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee he would like to see a nominee who would reverse the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, he dodged the question.
“There is not a nominee who has ever been or would ever be selected in the modern era who would answer that question without committing malpractice.