Posted on 09/19/2020 10:20:24 PM PDT by ReelectTrump2020
Trump has confirmed that he will pick a woman for the seat. Using his most recent list, here is who that could be:
Bridget Bade, a judge on 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to her appointment in 2019, Judge Bade was a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Arizona and an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona. Judge Bade served as a law clerk to Judge Edith H. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judge Bade earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Arizona State University and her J.D., cum laude, from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
Barbara Lagoa, a judge on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Before her appointment in 2019, Judge Lagoa was a Justice on the Supreme Court of Florida. She also served as District Judge on the Florida Third District Court of Appeal and as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Judge Lagoa earned her B.A., cum laude, from Florida International University and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Martha Pacold, a judge on the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. rior to her appointment in 2019, Judge Pacold served as both Deputy General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury. Earlier in her career, Judge Pacold was a partner at Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott, LLP and served as Counsel to the Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice. Judge Pacold served as a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court of the United States, to Judge Jay Bybee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and to Judge A. Raymond Randolph of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Judge Pacold earned her B.A., with highest distinction, from Indiana University, and her J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School.
Sarah Pitlyk, a judge on the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Prior to her appointment in 2019, Judge Pitlyk was Special Counsel at the Thomas More Society and in private practice at Clark & Sauer, LLC. Ms. Pitlyk served as a law clerk to then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, from Boston College; her M.A.’s from Georgetown University and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium; and her J.D. from Yale Law School.
Alison Jones Rushing, a judge on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to her appointment in 2019, Judge Rushing was a partner at Williams & Connolly, LLP. Judge Rushing clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge David Sentelle on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and then-Judge Neil Gorsuch on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Judge Rushing earned her B.A., summa cum laude, from Wake Forest University and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Duke University School of Law.
Kate Todd, a deputy assistant a deputy counsel to the president. Before her appointment in 2019, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel of the United States Chamber Litigation Center and as a partner at what was previously Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP. Ms. Todd served as a law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States and Judge J. Michael Luttig of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Ms. Todd earned her B.A., with distinction, from Cornell University and her J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.
And from 2016:
Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Prior to her appointment in 2017, Judge Barrett was the Diane and M.O. Miller, II Research Chair in Law and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School. Judge Barrett also served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and to Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Judge Barrett is a magna cum laude graduate of Rhodes College and a summa cum laude graduate of Notre Dame Law School.
Allison Eid, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Formerly served as the 95th Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court. Before assuming office, Eid served as Colorado’s Solicitor General and as a tenured Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado School of Law, where she authored several articles on federalism and taught courses on constitutional law, legislation, and torts. Before joining the University of Colorado faculty, Justice Eid practiced commercial and appellate litigation with the Denver office of Arnold & Porter. Eid has served as a member of the Advisory Committee on Federal Appellate Rules, and she is currently a member of the American Law Institute. Earlier in her career, Eid clerked for Associate Justice Clarence Thomas of the United States Supreme Court and for Judge Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Eid received her A.B. with distinction from Stanford University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D. with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as Articles Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review.
Joan Larsen, Judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. Formerly a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Before that she was a professor at the University of Michigan School of Law. She also clerked for David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Justice Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1994 term. She served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel from January 2002 to May 2003. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Northern Iowa and received her Juris Doctor from the Northwestern University School of Law, where she graduated first in her class in 1993. While at Northwestern, she served as articles editor of the Northwestern University Law Review.
Diane Sykes, Judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit where she has served since 2004. On June 7, 2017, Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas's 1st congressional district noted her conservative judicial philosophy, stating that: "There are only two reliable originalists on the [Seventh Circuit], Michael Kanne and Diane Sykes."She left the trial court in 1999 when she was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, to fill a vacancy for Justice Donald W. Steinmetz. Previously served as a Justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court. Prior to the Supreme Court, Sykes served as a judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in the misdemeanor, felony, and civil divisions. Sykes earned a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism at Northwestern University and a Juris Doctor at Marquette University Law School. After law school, Sykes clerked for Judge Terence T. Evans of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.She then worked from 1985 to 1992, she worked in private practice as a litigator for Whyte & Hirschboeck, a medium-sized law firm in Milwaukee.
Margaret Ryan, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Ryan has served on the court since 2006. Her term is due to expire on July 31, 2021. Prior to joining the court, Ryan was in private practice with various firms. She also was law clerk to Judge J. Michael Luttig on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and then to Justice Clarence Thomas on the United States Supreme Court. Ryan earned her Bachelors of Arts from Knox College and attended law school under the Marine Corps Law Education Program at the University of Notre Dame Law School, where she also was a member of the Notre Dame Law Review. Following graduation from Knox College, Ryan served on active duty for the United States Marine Corps from 1988–1992, and again following Law School graduation as a judge advocate from 1995–1999. Ryan served in units within the II & III Marine Expeditionary Forces as a Staff Officer, Company Commander, Platoon Commander, and Operations Officer. Judge Ryan's tours included deployments to the Philippines, during a coup attempt, and to Saudi Arabia during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. As a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer, Ryan served as a Trial Counsel and Chief Trial Counsel in Okinawa, Japan and Quantico, Virginia. Ryan was then selected by General Charles C. Krulak, Commandant of the Marine Corps, to serve as his Aide de Camp.
So, we've got it down to 1 of 11. I know a lot of ACB fans out there but all of them are strong options Who would you prefer?
1. Solidly conservative; 2. Only 52, so should have a long career ahead of her; 3. Was already heavily vetted for her 11th Circuit nomination; 4. Was fairly recently confirmed to the 11th Circuit by an 80-15 vote. Is Latina and from Florida. Would be an absolute political disaster for the Dems to try to now stop her confirmation.
I’m a Barrett fan, but I think it’s likely to be Lagoa.
I’d love to see them both on the court.
Picking Rushing could help Sen. Tillis in his tough battle for re-election.
I want the Democratic Party to bash a minority woman in an election year play to win this thing then again Trump is pretty much a one man gang at this point trying to drag a bunch of defeatists over the finish line
I want a guaranteed female Scalia.
Nothing less.
Judge Jeanine
Saw a rumor that’s it’s only 2 people - Lagoa and ACB.
ACB has been mentioned as a front runner for a long time, but I can see the advantages you mention.
Plus, they could both eventually get there!
She’d be great but too old.
Hey she’s pretty.
Some eye candy on the court would be a nice change...since forever :)
I don’t think we should base who may spend the next 30 to 40 years on the SCOTUS on helping one senator.
A president maybe, a senator...no.
Hopefully Breyer will melt.
That’s the worst joke i’ve made in 20 years :)
Hopefully Breyer will melt.
Well it’s a good one........;)
Pick a straight white Christian man. Do it Trump! Watch the biggest meltdown in the history of the cosmos
He can’t now after announcing it would be a woman.
God bless you! :)
ACB or Ryan, she sounds intriguing with her military background.
No Christian man wants to be Kavanaughed right now - maybe next year!
He needs a female with a better chance of quick approval.
At least a couple of them have already been federally vetted, but of course the Dims will invent new scandals to slow it down.
lol
I still think overturning R v W is a long shot because the SCOTUS doesn’t easily overturn SCOTUS decisions.
But I think there will be Major and Great implications for states that want to do away with it almost completely.
Of course I will pray for the complete overturn.
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