The Trump 25: Life on Trump’s list is complex, jolting
Joan Larsen’s phone was suddenly abuzz. At first, the Michigan Supreme Court justice thought something bad must have happened. But then she realized it was just that
Donald Trump, then the GOP’s 2016 presidential candidate, had added her name to a list of people he would consider for a seat on the nation’s highest court.
“She was stunned to see the sheer crushing volume of texts and emails,” recalled longtime friend and University of Michigan Law School colleague Sarah C. Zearfoss. “It took her awhile to absorb the cause — the first thought was that something was terribly wrong in her family.”