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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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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was souter the last state court guy? off the top of my head brennan before him.
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actually o'connor between them iirc
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