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?
Ginsburg’s best contribution to civilization is dying soon enough for Trump to replace her.
Good one! So true.
Brett Tolman was on Fox this am. His pick is ACB. Good enough for me.
Wait! You mean you don’t think Elena Kagan is smokin’ hot?
I would nominate a dog before I ever put another Ivy League law school graduate on the Supreme Court.
All very good points. Let the libs try and rip apart such a nominee at their own political peril.
Yep. I can see it now. “37 years ago Judge ...........was seen jaywalking, and a Yugo, driven by a BLM/ANTIFA charter member, had to swerve, three inches to the right, to avoid her. Judge..........should have gotten the death penalty, for that horrible, heinous crime.” I can see the rat 🐀 bastards now, saying something exactly like that. 👎
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Why did so many dems approve Lagoa?
I guess Janice Rodgers Brown is no longer in contention.....too old, perhaps?
Aww... No it isn't! :)
I gather none of these women is an “African-American.”
Whatever. I’m leery of female judges and gender-based selection too. Not to mention prominent Catholics (like Biden, Pelosi, Francis I; them and all the CINOs who vote Democrat).
There are a number of very distinguished candidates on that list. The person who clerked for Judge Kavanaugh would be an interesting pick.
“...are there b/c of the right to kill babies.
Blows my mind.“
What blows my mind is the fact that women, of all people, who evolved with a fierce instinct to protect and nurture babies - would support a women’s rights movement that regards a woman’s right to kill her own offspring as its flagship cause!
I have a hard time believing that ANY woman who is not a sociopath or seriously brainwashed could actually support abortion on demand deep in her heart.
Maybe there are many women who support the deliberately abstract notion of being “pro-choice”, without really thinking about what it is they are actually supporting. If it was called infanticide or euthanasia would they support it?
Maybe there are many who find themselves swept up in a political movement where it is best to keep one’s true feelings private. Much like the blacks who get called “uncle toms” if they disagree with the politically correct narrative.
I bet the support among women for abortion is far, far, far less than that claimed in opinion polls and surveys.
Maybe it is time to make this whole election about abortion. Pick an outspokenly pro-life SC nominee and let the games begin.
Even if doing that makes the confirmation less certain, it might be worth it for the American people to get to see how desperate Democrat politicians are to keep their precious right to kill babies.
Then we would see how women voters really feel - I bet there are tens of millions of women out there who dutifully call themselves “pro-choice” because it sounds good, but when push comes to shove, they would never choose abortion for themselves, or their daughters - and if they had an abortion in their past, they are haunted by it.
President Trump would win it by a landslide.
But I’m a man... what do I know.
I dunno - I’m female and have a conservative best friend of 40+ years who claimed in a hushed voice years ago that she knows conservative women who would hesitate to support pro-life candidates just in case their daughters, uh, got in a situation.
It sounds totally crazy, but that was their concern.
In other words, rich moms need an out if their wayward daughters get knocked up. Sickening, I know.
“In other words, rich moms need an out if their wayward daughters get knocked up. Sickening, I know.“
I actually sympathize with moms in such a plight, believe it or not.
I know people who have had abortions and I don’t shun them as murderers.
I am not here to judge people - that is above my pay grade.
All I ask is that the “conversation” about abortion become more honest. A LOT more honest.
Calling their position “pro choice” is a deception.
Saying the fetus is not a human being before x weeks is a deception.
Even calling it “abortion” is a way of dehumanizing the fetus.
Calling it “biological tissue”, etc.. is a deception.
Steering a young mother away from alternatives such as adoption, or keeping the child, with the false argument that those alternatives would be forms of suppression of a woman’s equal status - is a lie.
If women are going to make that choice - it should at least be an honest and educated choice.
For example, the subject of euthanasia, or “mercy killing” always comes up in the context of the very sick and/or elderly, especially when there is suffering. Opinions vary... not everyone will agree with me - and that doesn’t bother me because at least it is debated honestly.
Nobody is making up pleasant sounding names for it. It is a death..and if it is deliberate it is taking an innocent life. Nobody is denying that - which is a very effective deterrent.
I would just like the same to be true of abortion.
Young mothers considering an abortion should be shown an ultrasound, and be fully aware of the life-and-death decision they are making. That decision should not be sugarcoated, dehumanized or politicized.
I mean, seriously... calling themselves Planned Parenthood? The whole thing is a big deception.
When we talk to children about pet euthanasia, we often say “put to sleep”, and that’s OK. They are children being told a “white lie” regarding a beloved pet.
But a young mother considering an abortion is not a child, and the life being taken is not a pet.
God bless you! :)
And you too......;)
Anyone remember the churn when he was picking a VP? He had the press and everyone else looking one way while he reached out and made the awesome choice of Pence. Yes, this is something of a different process because there is a lot more riding on it, but don’t discount Trump the showman here playing 3D chess in a game he has been thinking about since he was nominated. Nothing he says matters until the actual nomination happens.
Why? I would mention that both Scalia (Harvard) and Thomas (Yale) went to Ivy law schools. I understand your concern about say, another Souter. But an outright bar on Ivy grads seems overly broad.
My guess is they didn’t want to come out against an accomplished Latina. We should remember that a lot of the Dems “ideas” is nothing more than identity politics. Yes, they opposed people like Janice Rodgers Brown in the past but only when the nominee had a much longer record they could target. Lagoa is young so there was less to attack.
LEt’s be honest, at the end of the day, she wouldn’t have made Trump’s list, after serving any period of time on a Circuit court, if she weren’t a textualist or an originalist.
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