Senate tradition would favor Lee.
Here is Trump’s list of possible nominees:
Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Keith Blackwell of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
Charles Canady of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida
Steven Colloton of Iowa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Allison Eid of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Britt Grant of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
Raymond Gruender of Missouri, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Brett Kavanaugh of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Joan Larsen of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Mike Lee of Utah, United States Senator
Thomas Lee of Utah, Supreme Court of Utah
Edward Mansfield of Iowa, Supreme Court of Iowa
Federico Moreno of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Kevin Newsom of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
William Pryor of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Margaret Ryan of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
David Stras of Minnesota, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Diane Sykes of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Amul Thapar of Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Timothy Tymkovich of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Robert Young of Michigan, Supreme Court of Michigan (Ret.)
Don Willett of Texas, Supreme Court of Texas
Patrick Wyrick of Oklahoma, Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Here is my pick:
Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Barrett, age 46, a former University of Notre Dame law professor, was nominated to the appeals court by Trump and confirmed by the Senate in October 2017. Some Democrats questioned her about her Catholic beliefs. She is a former law clerk for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
She is younger than all the others, clerked for Scalia, is a member of the Federalist Society, survived the attempts to smear her when Trump nominated her in 2017.
AND the Dims will just HATE Trump of all people nominates a “female” judge that is not one of theirs.
Federalist who clerked for Scalia - Win
Young (youngest of all on Trump’s list) - Win
And the Dims will hate her - Win, Win, Win
That should have knocked Hardiman out.
Still can’t believe McCain hasn’t resigned.
What a piece of work.
Arizona may likely lose Flake’s seat to a Democrat clever campaigner. Sinema.
No more women!
All the Never Trump scum have a Bonner for Lee. F that!
If Trump picks the traitor Hardiman.... I’m out.
Ping to potential SCOTUS pick who attempted to sanction Mario Apuzzo during an appeal of Barry’s NBC eligibility for making a frivolous appeal!
“Hardiman currently sits on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and was one of a three-judge panel which rejected as ‘frivolous’ an appeal in a case dealing with the issue of presidential eligibility stemming from the election of Barack Hussein Obama in 2008.”
I do not know the author of this piece, meaning I do not know whether she is a reliable conservative commentator or not.
I read the whole piece, and did not see any analysis of why the attempt to sanction was undertaken, except for the nebulous “standing” issue. What I would like to know is whether the standing issue was part of the original dismissal (at trial level), and whether the sanction would have been supported in law at the appeals level. Only the complainant’s viewpoint was included in this article, so I have no information to determine whether the sanction was judicial activism, or whether is was well within the established boundaries of the law as applied at the appellate level.
Not good.