When Judge William Pryor Jr. took the stage late Thursday at the Federalist Society’s annual convention in Washington, D.C., he made no mention of widespread speculation about his odds of becoming the next U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
The Eleventh Circuit judge instead reflected on the man he might replace if he is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the high court, the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Pryor moderated a panel about Scalia’s legacy on separation of powers and federalism.