US Circuit Judge & former FL Supreme Court Justice Barbara Lagoa is at the top of Trump's list to fill Justice Ginsburg's seat.

Marc Caputo ^ | Sep 19 2020 | Florida Reporter Marc Caputo

[rintintin]

@MarcACaputo US Circuit Judge & former FL Supreme Court Justice Barbara Lagoa is at the top of Trump's list to fill Justice Ginsburg's seat. Source who spoke to WH: “Justice Lagoa is perfect. [Trump] president wants a conservative jurist and he wants to win the biggest battleground."

[Ron H.]

Can she be trusted not to turn squishy liberal down the road?

At 80-15 isn't that pretty much already squishy?

[LongWayHome]

Britt Gant on the 11th Circuit would be better.

[Cowboy Bob]

I want to see how many Democrats will oppose a strong woman of color.

[Beagle8U]

I vote that Trump nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz for the USSC. You can bet your @$$ he won’t turn into a liberal!

[Sacajaweau]

No......Lotsa Dems confirmed Lagoa last year. Tells me the Dems liked what they heard....and it wasn’t conservative. Besides, I think she doesn’t have the right kind of experience.

[LongWayHome]

That’s Britt Grant. 42 years old.

[Ron H.]

I vote that Trump nominate Rep. Matt Gaetz for the USSC. You can bet your @$$ he won’t turn into a liberal!

Politicians usually make for lousy jurists.

[9YearLurker]

That’s generally your specialty.

[SuperLuminal]

"Lagoa sailed through the Senate with an 80-15 vote to the 11th Ciruit Court of Appeals.

> That means she’s not actually a conservative."

Shades of S.D.O.... Another CINO...
When will the GOP ever learn...
Probably once they are behind barbed wire or marching into gas chambers they will...
Although the Jews didn't, even then... They still vote, spend, and voice support for despotism...

[Zhang Fei]

Lagoa's a twofer - Cuban and Hispanic. Mexicans don't necessarily have any special affinity for Cubans, but the pan-Hispanic thing is rapidly overcoming any national differences/resentments. Democrats are gonna have a hard time pumping the white male supremacy polka when the nominee is both female and Hispanic. Her features show both white and Indio heritage, so that's a major plus. Florida is already looking good. Putting her on the Supreme Court might push the GOP Hispanic vote all the way up to 40%, which would be sufficient to swing any number of closely-contested states.

[lilypad]

Honestly I’d rather have her than to have an open position in case Biden wins and he puts some lib turd in there.

[Zhang Fei]

[No......Lotsa Dems confirmed Lagoa last year. Tells me the Dems liked what they heard....and it wasn’t conservative.]

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Or they were afraid to vote against a Hispanic woman. Not so much a woman or a Hispanic, but the combo.

[LostInBayport]

I have always wondered why Trump puts out a public list of candidates. It just gives the left time to dig for dirt and, when they don’t find any, make some up.

If I was him I’d nominate someone not on the list to make all of the evil plans for naught, and then laugh at them when they cry “unfaaaair”

[bert]

Blah blah blah conservative crap yada yada yada. We are wiser than Trump purist virtue signaling yada yada

[SES1066]

So we may see of whom we speak ...;

Born 1967 in Miami, Hispanic heritage, Florida International University BA (cum laude) 1989, Columbia Law School JD 1992. Pro bono attorney for the family of Elián González fighting his repatriation to Cuba (Janet Reno & Bill Clinton!)

20 years ago this past April. Democrats LOVE paramilitary in their SERVICE!

[SpeedyInTexas]

Her husband served as General Counsel to Florida Governor Charlie Crist.

Her father in law was appointed to the federal bench by Clinton.

[CA Conservative]

I think there is some concern that Barrett’s position on stare decisive might make her reluctant to overturn even bad precedents, like Roe.

[9YearLurker]

These are the cases she is apparently best known for. It doesn’t greatly inspire confidence:

“On the bench at the Third DCA, Lagoa has ruled on many noteworthy cases.

Last month, she authored the opinion that reversed the conviction of Adonis Losada, a former Univision comic actor who was sentenced to 153 years in prison for collecting child porn. Lagoa ruled that a Miami-Dade judge erred in not allowing Losada to defend himself at trial.

Also, she was one of three judges who allowed a Miami judge to close a courtroom to the public for a key hearing in a high-profile murder case. The Third DCA ruled that publicity surrounding the machete murder of a student in Homestead might unfairly sway jurors at a future trial, a ruling decried by advocates of press freedoms.

In other notable criminal cases, Lagoa authored opinions that reversed the conviction of a Hialeah killer because a court reporter accidentally erased the transcript of the trial, threw out the convictions of two defendants in the Miami International Airport “fuel farm” corruption case because a judge failed to give proper instructions to the jury, and upheld the conviction of a teenager who murdered a man during an armed robbery.”

https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/01/09/barbara-lagoa-tapped-as-next-florida-supreme-court-justice-by-desantis/

[Beagle8U]

He has a law degree.

[9YearLurker]

Is that the choice? Really?