Rubio, as a professional courtesy, supports a potential nominee from HIS STATE. Doesn’t mean that she will be chosen, but it is a politeness move.
Alex Jones, the Frank Capell of today. Never heard of his lawyer friend. Anyone today can claim to be a constitutional lawyer. All they have to do is to hold a copy of the Constitution in their hand and say “I support it” without knowing much about it and its precedences histories.
There have been reports of Rubio strongly pushing her. And of course she was initially put on the bench by Jeb.