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Barbara Lagoa is at the top of Trump?s short list for RBG?s Supreme Court seat

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Judge Lagoa, 52, is a Miamian, who currently sits on the 11th Circuit. She previously sat on the Florida Supreme Court and 3rd DCA. And before becoming a judge, she was an AUSA in the SDFLA. She's married to Paul Huck Jr. (son of District Judge Paul Huck Sr.) and they have three daughters. Here's a picture of Gov. DeSantis announcing her to the Florida Supreme Court with her and her family in the background:

We've never had a Floridian on the Supreme Court, which is something I've been pushing for since the start of this blog back in July 2005.

More on the politics of this choice from Politico: Lagoa is on a list of names that Trump released earlier this month as possible replacements. But unlike Barrett, people close to the process say Lagoa has demographic and geographic advantages in her favor when it comes to the politics of Senate confirmation and the presidential election: Lagoa hails from Trump?s must-win state of Florida and she?s Cuban American. ?Justice Lagoa is perfect,? said one source, who has discussed the matter with White House officials but was not authorized to speak on record. ?The president wants a conservative jurist and he wants to win the biggest battleground. How do Democrats in the Senate vote against a Latina?? A second Republican who has close ties to Florida said that ?Lagoa is at the top of the list. She checks a lot of boxes.? But some conservative groups could object based on what they see as Lagoa?s insufficient record on abortion, the ultimate litmus test on the right. One prominent GOP senator, Josh Hawley of Missouri, has already said he would only vote for a nominee who has affirmed that Roe v. Wade was ?wrongly decided.?

Full post as published by Southern District of Florida on September 20, 2020 (boomark / email).