With the huge news that Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring from the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump announced that he will be choosing a new nominee “immediately.”
Kennedy’s retirement gives Trump the chance to cement conservative control of the high court. Trump said his choice will come from a list of 25 possible nominees — 24 judges and Utah Sen. Mike Lee — that he put out during his campaign and updated last fall.
Prominent on the list of possible successors are Judges Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania and William Pryor of Alabama, who was seriously considered for the seat eventually filled by Gorsuch, and Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who serves on the federal appeals court in Washington.
Here are the names the White House made public late last year.
Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Keith Blackwell of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
Charles Canady of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida
Steven Colloton of Iowa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Allison Eid of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Britt Grant of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
Raymond Gruender of Missouri, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brett Kavanaugh of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Joan Larsen of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Mike Lee of Utah, United States Senator
Thomas Lee of Utah, Supreme Court of Utah
Edward Mansfield of Iowa, Supreme Court of Iowa
Federico Moreno of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Kevin Newsom of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
William Pryor of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Margaret Ryan of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
David Stras of Minnesota, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Diane Sykes of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Amul Thapar of Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Timothy Tymkovich of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Robert Young of Michigan, Supreme Court of Michigan (Ret.)
Don Willett of Texas, Supreme Court of Texas
Patrick Wyrick of Oklahoma, Supreme Court of Oklahoma
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Amazing news bh!!
They are all friends of mine, and I don’t like any of them.
He has to get support from every Republican in the Senate (several of which can’t stand Trump, and several of the anti-Trump ones are not running for re-election and are immune to political pressue, plus John McCain who is terminally ill), or get some Democrats to help.
I’ve looked but haven’t found much profile info on these 25. For example, how old are they; what are all of the courts that they have sat on; where were they educated (law schools); where are they from and where do they currently live; how have the various legal organizations and centers (e.g., American Bar Assoc., Avvo ratings, National Judicial College, etc.). rated / evaluated them? For New York Yankee fans, what does Aaron say about them 🙂 .