FLASH POLL: Who should Trump pick for the Supreme Court?

President Trump vowed to choose a woman to fill late Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s seat on the Supreme Court. Judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa are the frontrunners. Make your voice heard by voting for your favorite candidate:

Judge Amy Coney Barrett

Born 1972 in New Orleans, LA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on May 8, 2017, to a seat vacated by John Daniel Tinder. Confirmed by the Senate on October 31, 2017, and received commission on November 2, 2017.

Education:
Rhodes College, B.A., 1994
Notre Dame Law School, J.D., 1997

Professional Career:

Law clerk, Hon. Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1997-1998
Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 1998-1999
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1999-2001
George Washington University Law School, 2001-2002; adjunct faculty member, 2001; John M. Olin Fellow in Law, 2001-2002
Professor of law, Notre Dame Law School, 2002-2017
Visiting associate professor of law, University of Virginia Law School, 2007

Judge Barbara Lagoa

Born 1967 in Miami, FL

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on October 15, 2019, to a seat vacated by Stanley Marcus. Confirmed by the Senate on November 20, 2019, and received commission on December 6, 2019.

Education:
Florida International University, B.A., 1989
Columbia Law School, J.D., 1992

Professional Career:

Private practice, Miami, Florida, 1992-2002
Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Florida, 2003-2006
Judge, Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District, 2006-2019; chief judge, 2019
Justice, Florida Supreme Court, 2019