Sunday, September 25, 2016

Trump Adds More Potential Supreme Court Picks (But not Judge Napolitano)

On Friday, Donald Trump added the following to his list of potential Supreme Court nominees. In a statement, Trump said this is the "finalization" of the list.

Libertarian-leaning Judge Napolitano did not make the list. It's not as though Trump does not know who he is. The judge lives in the Trump Tower.

Here are the names Trump added to the list:

Keith Blackwell is a justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He was appointed to the position in 2012.

Charles Canady is a justice of the Supreme Court of Florida. He has served in that role since 2008, and he served as the court's chief justice from 2010 to 2012.

Neil Gorsuch is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He was appointed to the position in 2006.

Mike Lee is the Junior U.S. Senator from Utah and currently serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Edward Mansfield is a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court in 2011 and retained by voters in 2012.

Federico Moreno is a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States.

Margaret A. Ryan has been a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces since 2006.

Amul Thapar is a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, serving since his appointment in 2007, when he became the first South Asian Article III judge.

Timothy Tymkovich is the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Judge Tymkovich was appointed to the bench in 2003.

Robert Young is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan. He was appointed to the court in 1999,

The full list of the twenty-one individuals. Trump will consider is below:

1. Keith Blackwell

2. Charles Canady

3. Steven Colloton

4. Allison Eid

5. Neil Gorsuch

6. Raymond Gruender

7. Thomas Hardiman

8. Raymond Kethledge

9. Joan Larsen

10. Mike Lee

11. Thomas Lee

12. Edward Mansfield

13. Federico Moreno

14. William Pryor

15. Margaret A. Ryan

16. Amul Thapar

17. Timothy Tymkovich

18. David Stras

19. Diane Sykes

20. Don Willett

21. Robert Young

-RW

4 comments:

  1. Yikes. You need a judge with a zero progressive quotient. A natural rights austro-liberarian. But it won't happen.

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    1. Would you say that US Senator Mike Lee qualifies or fails to qualify?

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    2. Don't know much about him but I doubt it. What do you think?

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    3. I believe that Mike Lee has a deep conviction that government is way too big. That is good enough for me. As for Donald Trump including him on the list I think that Trump is playing both sides and that it is unlikely that the small government crowd is going to be happy with the results should he be elected.

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