House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana, who led a slate of 64 representatives defending the cross in a legal brief, said he was 'very confident' that the justices would side in his favor.
The number two GOP lawmaker in the House of Representatives predicted on Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court would come down in favor of those defending a giant World War I memorial cross at the center of a blockbuster legal and cultural dispute over the role of religion in public life.
"I feel very confident that we are going to get the right ruling," Scalise said, noting that he and his fellow members are"very interested in seeing this case coming out our way." "I still feel very confident that, when you look at the argument, that we are going to be successful in this case," he said. He added"it should be a 9-0 decision," though acknowledged the vote will likely be more narrow.Scalise said that he did not expect apparent differences in thinking between President Donald Trump's two nominees to the bench, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, to amount to much in the final decision.
The Louisiana Republican, who is a strong supporter of both of Trump's Supreme Court picks and touts a 100 percent voting record with the Louisiana Right to Life Federation, also addressed Kavanaugh's divergence with some of his fellow conservatives in votes connected to abortion.
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