President Trump’s Potential Supreme Court nominees | ||||||
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Name | Position before nominated | Year nominated | Nominated by | Undergraduate school | Law school | |
Bridget Bade | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 2018 | Donald Trump | Arizona State University | Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University | |
Amy Coney Barrett | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | Rhodes College | Notre Dame Law School | |
Keith Blackwell | Georgia Supreme Court | 2012 | Gov. Nathan Deal | University of Georgia | University of Georgia School of Law | |
Daniel Cameron | Attorney General of Kentucky | – | – | University of Louisville | University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law | |
Charles Canady | Florida Supreme Court | 2008 | Gov. Charlie Crist | Haverford College | Yale Law School | |
Steven Colloton | United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 2003 | George W. Bush | Princeton University | Yale Law School | |
Paul Clement | Partner with Kirkland & Ellis, LLP | – | – | Georgetown University School of Foreign Service | Harvard Law School | |
Tom Cotton | United States Senator from Arkansas | – | – | Harvard College | Harvard Law School | |
Ted Cruz | United States Senator from Texas | – | – | Princeton University | Harvard Law School | |
Stuart Kyle Duncan | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | Louisiana State University | LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Columbia University Law School | |
Allison Eid | United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | Stanford University | University of Chicago Law School | |
Steven Engel | Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice | – | – | Harvard College | Yale Law School | |
Noel Francisco | Former United States Solicitor General | – | – | University of Chicago | University of Chicago Law School | |
Britt Grant | Georgia Supreme Court | 2016 | Gov. Nathan Deal | Wake Forest University | Stanford Law School | |
Neil Gorsuch | United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 2006 | George W. Bush | Columbia University | Harvard Law School | |
Raymond Gruender | United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 2004 | George W. Bush | Washington University of St. Louis | Washington University of St. Louis | |
Thomas Hardiman | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 2007 | George W. Bush | University of Notre Dame | Georgetown University Law Center | |
Josh Hawley | United States Senator from Missouri | – | – | Stanford University | Yale Law School | |
James Ho | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | Stanford University | University of Chicago Law School | |
Greg Katsas | United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | Princeton University | Harvard Law School | |
Brett Kavanaugh | United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit | 2006 | George W. Bush | Yale College | Yale Law School | |
Raymond Kethledge | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 2008 | George W. Bush | University of Michigan | University of Michigan Law School | |
Barbara Lagoa | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2019 | Donald Trump | Florida International University | Columbia Law School | |
Christopher Landau | United States Ambassador to Mexico | – | – | Harvard College | Harvard Law School | |
Joan Larsen | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | University of Northern Iowa | Northwestern University School of Law | |
Mike Lee | United States Senator from Utah | – | – | Brigham Young University | Brigham Young University School of Law | |
Thomas Lee | Utah Supreme Court | 2010 | Gov. Gary Herbert | Brigham Young University | University of Chicago Law School | |
Edward Mansfield | Iowa Supreme Court | 2011 | Gov. Terry Branstad | Harvard University | Yale Law School | |
Federico Moreno | United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida | 1990 | George H.W. Bush | University of Notre Dame | University of Miami School of Law | |
Carlos Muñiz | Florida Supreme Court | 2019 | Gov. Ron DeSantis | University of Virginia | Yale Law School | |
Kevin Newsom | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | Samford University | Harvard Law School | |
Martha Pacold | United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois | 2018 | Donald Trump | Indiana University | University of Chicago Law School | |
Peter Phipps | United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | 2019 | Donald Trump | University of Dayton | Stanford Law School | |
Sarah Pitlyk | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | 2019 | Donald Trump | Boston College | Yale Law School | |
William Pryor | United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2004 | George W. Bush | Northeast Louisiana University | Tulane University Law School | |
Allison Jones Rushing | United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | 2018 | Donald Trump | Wake Forest University | Duke University School of Law | |
Margaret Ryan | United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces | 2006 | George W. Bush | Knox College | Notre Dame Law School | |
David Stras | United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | University of Kansas | University of Kansas School of Law | |
Diane Sykes | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | 2004 | George W. Bush | Northwestern University | Marquette University Law School | |
Amul Thapar | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | Boston College | University of California at Berkeley School of Law | |
Kate Comerford Todd | Deputy White House Counsel | – | – | Cornell University | Harvard Law School | |
Timothy Tymkovich | United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | 2003 | George W. Bush | Colorado College | University of Colorado Law School | |
Lawrence VanDyke | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 2019 | Donald Trump | Montana State University, Bear Valley Bible Institute | Harvard Law School | |
Don Willett | United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | 2017 | Donald Trump | Baylor University | Duke University School of Law | |
Patrick Wyrick | Oklahoma Supreme Court | 2017 | Gov. Mary Fallin | University of Oklahoma | University of Oklahoma College of Law | |
Robert Young | Michigan Supreme Court (retired) | 1999 | Gov. John Engler | Harvard University | Harvard Law School |