Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced he would retire at the end of July… setting up the fight to replace him.
On Wednesday, President Trump announced that he would select his next Justice from a list of 25 names, including:
— Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Keith Blackwell of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
— Charles Canady of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida
— Steven Colloton of Iowa, 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Allison Eid of Colorado, 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Britt Grant of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia
— Raymond Gruender of Missouri, 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Brett Kavanaugh of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
— Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Joan Larsen of Michigan, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Mike Lee of Utah, U.S. 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, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— William Pryor of Alabama, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Margaret Ryan of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
— David Stras of Minnesota, 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Diane Sykes of Wisconsin, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Amul Thapar of Kentucky, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Timothy Tymkovich of Colorado, 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Robert Young of Michigan, Supreme Court of Michigan (retired)
— Don Willett of Texas, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
— Patrick Wyrick of Oklahoma, Supreme Court of Oklahoma
With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell saying that he wants to fill the seat before the mid-term elections in November, Trump will be making his decision sooner rather than later… but until he makes the announcement, it’s anyone’s guess.
