For what it's worth, I count 26 of his appellate nominees in the right age range. Justice Kavanaugh was the oldest Trump nominee to SCOTUS. He was 53 at the time. A list of Trump-nominated appellate judges who will be 53 or younger next spring (oldest to youngest):
Would you expect to lose the conservative majority as soon as democrats win a governmental trifecta again ? Wouldn't the Democrats then just expand the Supreme Court?
For what it's worth, I count 26 of his appellate nominees in the right age range. Justice Kavanaugh was the oldest Trump nominee to SCOTUS. He was 53 at the time. A list of Trump-nominated appellate judges who will be 53 or younger next spring (oldest to youngest):
1. Newsom (11th)
2. Readler (6th)
3. Carson (10th)
4. Nelson (9th)
5. Phipps (3d)
6. Rao (DC)
7. VanDyke (9th)
8. Duncan (5th)
9. Kobes (8th)
10. Stras (8th)
11. Kirsch (7th)
12. Ho (5th)
13. Richardson (4th)
14. Park (2d)
15. Miller (9th)
16. Bumatay (9th)
17. Grant (11th)
18. Forrest (9th)
19. Luck (11th)
20. Menashi (2d)
21. Oldham (5th)
22. Bress (9th)
23. Murphy (6th)
24. Brasher (11th)
25. Walker (DC)
26. Rushing (4th)
Thanks. Bad botch by me. I'd put high end of range in mid-50s, so actual number is around 30. I've revised the post.
Given how many people think Thapar would be in consideration, here are those you'd add if you go up to his age (oldest to youngest):
1. Larsen (6th)
2. Nalbandian (6th)
3. Thapar (6th)
4. Bibas (3d)
5. Nardini (2d)
6. Wilson (5th)
7. Scudder (7th)
8. Matey (3d)
In all, a large and diverse group to choose from. (And obviously not limited to this group, regardless.)
I think Lee (9th) should be added
This would be great. Have any of Trump’s Circuit court judges stood out over the last few years? Any judicial superstars?
Newsom, Bibas and Duncan for me
It's interesting that you think Alito would "go first," but it's long been understood that his wife, especially, does not like Washington, D.C.
Would you expect to lose the conservative majority as soon as democrats win a governmental trifecta again ? Wouldn't the Democrats then just expand the Supreme Court?