Ratings of Six JDs among POTUS’s possible choice for SCOTUS

Exercise without bias—as much as possible

 

• Based on

Minimum standards of education, knowledge, and experience; a cursory review

 

• Without regard for

Unknowns, ideologies, personal character flaws,

Rumors trafficked on social and other media, or other self-interested acts of character assassination

 

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ighly Qualified because of legal, judiciary scholarship, and substantive preparation for or  experience on the bench

 Amy Coney Barrett (birthplace New Orleans, Louisiana, Juris Doctor (JD) degree University of Notre Dame): American lawyer, jurist, and academic (professorial discipline: jurisprudence; teaching areas: civil procedure, constitutional law, and statutory interpretation): Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (November 2, 2017 - ); concurrently professor of law at Notre Dame Law School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett

Barbara Lagoa (birthplace Miami, Florida, Juris Doctor (JD) degree Columbia University): American attorney and jurist; Judge of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal (June 2006 – January 9, 2019); Chief Judge of the Florida Third District Court of Appeal (January 1, 2019 – January 8, 2019); Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida (January 9, 2019 – December 6, 2019); Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (December 6, 2019 – present). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Lagoa

Amul Roger Thapar (birthplace Troy, Michigan, Juris Doctor (JD) degree University of California- Berkeley): American attorney and jurist; United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky (March 20, 2006 – January 4, 2008); Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (January 4, 2008 – May 30, 2017); Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (May 25, 2017 – present).  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amul_Thapar

 

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arginally Qualified because of Washington entrenchment; insufficient broad judiciary experience, and exposure

Thomas Michael Hardiman (birthplace Winchester, Massachusetts, Juris Doctor (JD)  degree Georgetown University Law Center): Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (October 27, 2003 – April 5, 2007); Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (April 2, 2007 – present). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardiman

 

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nqualified because of insufficient knowledge, preparation, and substantive judiciary experience

Bridget Anne Shelton Bade (birthplace Phoenix, Arizona, Juris Doctor (JD) degree Arizona State University); American lawyer and jurist; assistant (i.e., Magistrate) to United States District Court for the District of Arizona before appointment as Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (April 1, 2019). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Shelton_Bade

Allison Blair Jones Rushing (birthplace Hendersonville, North Carolina, Juris Doctor (JD) degree Duke University): American attorney and jurist; Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (March 21, 2019 – present). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Jones_Rushing

 

 

Sources

 

Alphabetically by last of known full name

• Bridget Anne Shelton Bade
• Amy Coney Barrett
• Thomas Michael Hardiman
• Barbara Lagoa
• Allison Blair Jones Rushing
• Amul Roger Thapar

 

Encyclopedia: Wikipedia

News online Time and The Hill

SCOTUS possibles at The Hill September 20, 2020

Main possibles: Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa, Allison Jones Rushing; other possibles: Bridget Bade, Thomas Hardiman, Amul Thapar

TheHill.com “Names to watch as Trump picks Ginsburg replacement on Supreme Court” Morgan Chalfant, Jordain Carney, John Kruzel and Brett Samuels September 20, 2020 https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/517294-names-to-watch-as-trump-picks-ginsburg-replacement-on-supreme-court

SCOTUS possibles at TIME September 21, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa

TIME “These Are Donald Trump’s Top Candidates for [deceased] Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Seat: Judge Amy Coney Barrett and Judge Barbara Lagoa” Tessa Berenson September 21, 2020 https://time.com/5891199/donald-trump-supreme-court-nominee-barrett-lagoa/

 

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