Interesting that nearly half of Trump's #SCOTUS list are on state high courts now:https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonwells/donald-trump-releases-list-of-11-potential-supreme-court-nom?utm_term=.jn8oeWjLm7#.wvxjYgWV2P …
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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
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John Roberts is not a reliable conservative vote on
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@chrisgeidner one of the things I miss about O'Connor, but surely there are more diverse state court justices too?#SCOTUSThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The DC Circuit is mainly an administrative tribunal that rules on procedure. Doesn't particularly qualify a candidate. RT
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Turns out more
#LawMakers than#InterpretersOfLaw as it relates to the#Constitution. Lets get rid of the#LawMakers. RT
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