Mitch McConnell says the Senate will confirm a new Supreme Court justice this fall:
Trump says this list of 25 people is where the next Supreme Court Justice will come from:
President Trump says he has a list of 25 people that will be considered to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court https://t.co/jveE3B9vA3 pic.twitter.com/qnn7dlzN0d
— CNN (@CNN) June 27, 2018
CNN has weighed in on who they think will be the top picks from the list below. I should note that I’ve seen some of these same names on Fox News and MSNBC, so I think these are names that have been circulated.
Here’s the full list:
United States Courts of Appeals
- Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- Brett Kavanaugh*** (born 1965)
- Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
- Thomas Hardiman* (born 1965)
- Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- Don Willett* (born 1966) (appointed by Trump)
- Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- Raymond Kethledge* (born 1966)
- Joan Larsen* (born 1968) (appointed by Trump)
- Amul Thapar** (born 1969) (elevated by Trump)
- Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
- Amy Coney Barrett*** (born 1972) (appointed by Trump)
- Diane Sykes* (born 1957)
- Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
- Steven Colloton* (born 1963)
- Raymond Gruender* (born 1963)
- David Stras* (born 1974) (appointed by Trump)
- Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
- Allison Eid* (born 1965) (appointed by Trump)
- Neil Gorsuch** (born 1967) (nominated and confirmed)
- Timothy Tymkovich** (born 1956)
- Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
- Kevin Newsom*** (born 1972) (appointed by Trump)
- Bill Pryor* (born 1962)
- Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- Meg Ryan** (born 1964)
United States District Courts
- Federico A. Moreno** (born 1952) – District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida[12]
State Supreme Courts
- Keith Blackwell** (born 1975) – Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia
- Charles Canady** (born 1954) – Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Florida
- Britt Grant*** (born 1978)[25] – Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia (nominated to the Eleventh Circuit)
- Thomas Rex Lee* (born 1964) – Associate Justice, Utah Supreme Court (possible candidate for a Circuit Court vacancy)
- Edward Mansfield** (born 1957) – Associate Justice, Iowa Supreme Court
- Patrick Wyrick*** (born 1981)[25] – Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Oklahoma (nominated to the Western District of Oklahoma)
- Robert Young Jr.** (born 1951) – Former Chief Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
United States Senators
- Mike Lee** (born 1971) – Senator from Utah