Democratic presidential contenders are coming under increased pressure from their base to take a page from Donald Trump’s 2016 playbook and release a shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees — one part of a larger strategy from party activists to make the courts a central issue in the 2020 race.

Demand Justice, a group founded to counteract the conservative wing’s decades-long advantage over liberals in judicial fights, will release a list of 32 suggested Supreme Court nominees for any future Democratic president as they ramp up their push for the 2020 contenders to do the same.

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The full list from Demand Justice includes:

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● Michelle Alexander, a visiting professor at Union Theological Seminary and founding director of the Racial Justice Project at the ACLU of Northern California.

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● Xavier Becerra, the California attorney general and former Democratic congressman.

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● Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, associate justice of the California Supreme Court.

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● Pamela Karlan, the co-director of the Supreme Court litigation clinic at Stanford Law School.

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● Lawrence Krasner, district attorney for the city of Philadelphia.

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● M. Elizabeth Magill, the provost of the University of Virginia.

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