D. John Sauer's Supreme Court nomination odds surged from 11¢ to 47¢, reflecting his growing influence within Trump's inner circle. Sauer has become Trump's favorite litigator after securing victories on presidential immunity, and his name is frequently mentioned as a possible Supreme Court nominee. The market move coincides with his aggressive transformation of the solicitor general role — filing uninvited briefs in culture war cases at unprecedented pace and locking arms with the 6-3 conservative supermajority to enhance executive power. Trump adviser Mike Davis called Sauer "certainly at the top of my short list for the Supreme Court", while his Rhodes Scholar credentials and clerkship under Justice Scalia provide the elite pedigree Trump values in judicial appointments.