Here is Trump’s list of candidates to replace Justice Kennedy
By Marcus Baram
June 27, 2018
With this afternoon’s bombshell announcement that long-serving Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring, all eyes turned to President Trump and speculation over whom he’d pick for the incredibly important role. Trump met with Kennedy to discuss potential replacements this afternoon. “There are certain names that are just outstanding, names that you already know, to be honest with you,” Trump told reporters, insisting that he’ll choose from a list of 25 candidates the White House released last November.
Here are the names on that list:
Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Keith Blackwell, Supreme Court of Georgia
Charles Canady, Supreme Court of Florida
Steven Colloton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
Allison Eid, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Britt Grant, Supreme Court of Georgia
Raymond Gruender, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
Thomas Hardiman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit
Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Raymond Kethledge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Joan Larsen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Mike Lee, United States Senator
Thomas Lee, Supreme Court of Utah
Edward Mansfield, Supreme Court of Iowa
Federico Moreno, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Kevin Newsom, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
William Pryor, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Margaret Ryan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
David Stras, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit
Diane Sykes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Amul Thapar, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Timothy Tymkovich, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
Robert Young, Supreme Court of Michigan (Ret.)
Don Willett, Supreme Court of Texas
Patrick Wyrick, Supreme Court of Oklahoma
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