Trump adds 5 names to SCOTUS nominee list for future open seat

[Right_in_Virginia]

Trump adds 5 names to SCOTUS nominee list for future open seat
Fox News, Nov 17, 2017

The White House on Friday announced the addition of five new names to President Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees.

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Two of the latest candidates, Judge Amy Coney Barrett and Judge Kevin C. Newsom, were both nominated to their current positions by Trump in May, according to the White House.

Barret serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit and Newsom serves on U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the statement said. The White House announced both nominations in May.

Also on the list are Justice Britt C. Grant of the Supreme Court of Georgia, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Justice Patrick Wyrick of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma.


More: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/11/17/trump-adds-5-names-to-scotus-nominee-list-for-future-open-seat.html

[Right_in_Virginia]

There are rumors that Kennedy will announce his retirement soon.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Dear Alabamians ~  Please send Judge Moore to the Senate.   Thank you.

[Right_in_Virginia]

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release
November 17, 2017
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President Donald J. Trump Announces Five Additions to Supreme Court List

One year ago, President Donald J. Trump was elected to restore the rule of law and to Make the Judiciary Great Again. Following the successful confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court of the United States and the nomination of more than seventy Federal judges—including five individuals from his Supreme Court list—President Trump today announced that he is refreshing his Supreme Court list with five additional judges. President Trump will choose a nominee for a future Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise, from this updated list of 25 individuals. The President remains deeply committed to identifying and selecting outstanding jurists in the mold of Justice Gorsuch. These additions, like those on the original list released more than a year ago, were selected with input from respected conservative leaders.

Amy Coney Barrett is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Prior to her appointment in 2017, Judge Barrett was the Diane and M.O. Miller, II Research Chair in Law and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School. Judge Barrett also served as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States and to Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Judge Barrett is a magna cum laude graduate of Rhodes College and a summa cum laude graduate of Notre Dame Law School.

Britt C. Grant is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Prior to her appointment in 2017, Justice Grant served as the Solicitor General of the State of Georgia and as a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Justice Grant served as law clerk to Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is a summa cum laude graduate of Wake Forest University, and graduated with distinction from Stanford Law School.

Brett M. Kavanaugh is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before his appointment in 2006, Judge Kavanaugh was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, served as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary, and was a lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office and in the Solicitor General’s Office. Judge Kavanaugh also served as a law clerk to Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States, to Judge Alex Kozinski of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and to Judge Walter K. Stapleton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Judge Kavanaugh is a cum laude graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School.

Kevin C. Newsom is a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prior to his appointment in 2017, he was a partner and chair of the appellate practice group at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. He previously served as the Solicitor General of the State of Alabama. Judge Newsom also served as a law clerk to Justice David H. Souter of the Supreme Court of the United States and to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judge Newsom is a summa cum laude graduate of Samford University and a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School.

Patrick Wyrick is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma. Prior to his appointment in 2017, he served for six years as the Solicitor General of the State of Oklahoma. He also served as a law clerk to Judge James H. Payne of the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma. Justice Wyrick graduated from the University of Oklahoma and from the University of Oklahoma School of Law with distinction.


https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/11/17/president-donald-j-trump-announces-five-additions-supreme-court-list

[Right_in_Virginia]

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Dear Libs: "Come on, Git Some!"

Since Congress and the White Hut are in a continual state of play, we Must take back the Judiciary.

Excellent News!

[Fishrrman]

Right in Virginia wrote:
"There are rumors that Kennedy will announce his retirement soon."

I'd be surprised if he retired mid-term.
Can anyone name a recent Justice that did that?

I think Kennedy's holdin' on because he knows that his replacement will almost certainly be a more hard-right strict constructionist than he. And he probably enjoys being the Court's "swing man".

If Clinton had won, he'd probably have retired already.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Right in Virginia wrote:
"There are rumors that Kennedy will announce his retirement soon."

I'd be surprised if he retired mid-term.
Can anyone name a recent Justice that did that?

I think Kennedy's holdin' on because he knows that his replacement will almost certainly be a more hard-right strict constructionist than he. And he probably enjoys being the Court's "swing man".

If Clinton had won, he'd probably have retired already.

Oh Dear Lord! The mind boggles.

Can you even Imagine what kind of off the wall crap SCOTUS would have to straighten out under the Green Fisted Reign of Hillary "I have a bid of $12 Million. Do I hear $14 Million? SOLD, to the gentleman from the Royal House of Saud," the 1st?

[TomSea]

Joseph Farah at WorldNetDaily brings up doubts on this Kavanagh fellow:

Conspicuously not mentioned in that biography is Kavanaugh’s role in leading the badly flawed investigation into the death of Vincent Foster in July 1993.

In fact, Kavanaugh took over that investigation when his predecessor, attorney Miguel Rodriguez, resigned, saying in a letter to Kenneth Starr dated Jan. 17, 1995, because evidence was being overlooked in a rush to judgment in favor of suicide and closing the grand-jury investigation, WND reported last year.

http://www.wnd.com/2017/11/is-trump-right-about-something-very-fishy-in-foster-death/

[Frank Cannon]

Dear Alabamians ~  Please send Judge Moore to the Senate.   Thank you.