Posted on 09/20/2020 6:21:38 PM PDT by MagillaX
President Donald Trump is closely considering two conservative women to fill Ruth Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court.
According to people familiar with the process, one of those potential picks is Barbara Lagoa, a seasoned Florida judge with Cuban roots.
Here’s what you need to know about Lagoa: A trailblazer for women and Latinos
A Florida native, Lagoa was the first Hispanic woman to serve on the Florida Supreme Court. If nominated to the nation’s high court by Trump and confirmed by the Senate, she would be the second Latino justice to ever serve. Current Justice Sonia Sotomayor became the first when she was nominated by former President Barack Obama.
If nominated and confirmed, Lagoa would be the fifth woman to serve on the Supreme Court. She's been vetted
Trump nominated Lagoa to serve on 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2019. She was confirmed by the Senate in a bipartisan vote, which could help ease her path to the court if she’s selected by the president again. She could serve for a long while
At 52, Lagoa would be the youngest justice on the Supreme Court, just a few months behind one of Trump’s other nominees, Neil Gorsuch. A lifetime appointment to the court would allow her to serve for decades to come. A deep legal background
After graduating from Columbia Law School, Lagoa worked as a pro bono lawyer for Elian Gonzalez’s family and later as a federal prosecutor. Lagoa then spent more than a decade as a judge on a Florida appeals court before being picked by Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve on the state’s supreme court.
"She has been the essence of what a judge should be,” DeSantis said when he nominated her.
Lagoa is married to Paul C. Huck, an attorney. They have three daughters.
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Very good TV presence, great story, very likable. Voting against her or trying to take her down will be to your own political detriment.
Can someone find out about the whole Epstein/Acosta/Lagoa connection, was reading something about it online..also is Lagoa pro life?
I hear some conservatives like her, while other fret about her thin resume. I also hear differing levels on enthusiasm for ACB. Either way, lets be thankful we could replace RBG with either.
Might be risky for leftists to claim that she ran with a rape gang.
Oh Dems already have photos proving that Barrett and Lagos were at the Kavanaugh gang rape party, they spiked the punch bowl
I can’t see anyone going after an Epstein story in the Senate. Both Trump and Gov Desantis gave her a thumbs up can’t see both of them letting us down.
| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
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| Assumed office August 31, 2010 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | |
| In office July 11, 2000 – August 31, 2010 |
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| Appointed by | *********Bill Clinton********* |
She’s a lightweight affirmative action candidate brought up by Jeb Bush and currently pushed by Marco Rubio.
From her, the most we can hope for is she will do what Thomas tells her to do.
But more likely she’ll do what Sotomayor tells her to do.
I don’t have a clue who Lagoa is, but i’m getting an ugly feeling like she’s being shoved down my throat.
her father in law
Is she pro-gun? Is she pro-life? Is she an originalist? The other one appears to be. We want SCOTUS judges who are with us on important issues
I’m pretty sure that’s her father-in-law.
Hurray - she’s a woman, a hispanic, and might get Trump a few thousand extra votes.
BUT DOES SHE BELIEVE IN THE CONSTITUTION? Or just leftist “penumbras and emanations” which allow government and statists to impose anything they want?
Here we go again!
“I hear some conservatives like her, while other fret about her thin resume.”
Thin is an understatement.
Try to find ANYTHING she has published on legal reasoning or law. It’s not there.
yeah, see post#10
He should go with Ammy she went through the process in 2017...it would be quicker
Your going to have to either trust trump or not on this one. It is difficult with how many times we were burned, but its best that only he knows the truth about her at this time.
Damnit FReepers! Enough with the Affirmative Action s—t! We’re not liberals. Pick ACB and end this s—t!
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