North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp met today with President Donald Trump at the White House. According to a press release from Heitkamp’s office, the meeting was to discuss the Supreme Court and other issues, including how trade is impacting North Dakota farmers and ranchers, rural health care and the need for doctors in North Dakota through the Conrad 30 program, and the vacant position on the U.S. District Court of North Dakota. “President Trump and I had a solid discussion about the Supreme Court vacancy. We also discussed how the administration’s trade policies are hurting North Dakota’s farmers and ranchers, the need for doctors throughout rural communities, the importance of filling the vacant seat on the U.S. District Court of North Dakota, and the impact of oil prices,” Heitkamp said in a statement. “I stressed the importance of nominating someone to the Supreme Court who is pragmatic, fair, compassionate, committed to justice, and above politics – traits that match Justice Kennedy and which I know are important to North Dakotans.” Heitkamp says choosing a Supreme Court justice is “one of the most important roles of a U.S. senator, and I don’t take this job lightly.”