Compare that with #SCOTUS, where the Chief Justice, Thomas, and Ginsburg all came from the DC Circuit, & other 4 from other fed appeals cts.
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Breyer (1st), Sotomayor (2nd), Alito (3rd), and Kennedy (9th). Only Kagan didn't come from a fed appeals ct; She came from the SG's Office.
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Scalia, also, had come from the DC Circuit.
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Both of Obama's prior vacancies came from justices who had been fed appeals ct judges before SCOTUS: Souter (1st) and Stevens (7th).
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Rehnquist, like Kagan, had come from the Department of Justice before becoming a justice.
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Sandra Day O'Connor is the last person nominated to the Supreme Court directly from a state court: Arizona Court of Appeals.
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O'Connor was nominated for
#SCOTUS by President Ronald Reagan in the summer of 1981.
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Makes me appreciate Garland :)
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