The following is a list of all President Trump’s Supreme Court prospects. Trump has published four lists totaling forty-six (46) prospects. He has elevated two prospects to the United States Supreme Court, leaving a current list of forty-four (44) prospects.
Trump published an initial list of eleven (11) prospects on May 18, 2016, a second list of ten (10) prospects on September 23, 2016, a third list of five (5) prospects on November 17, 2017, and a fourth list of twenty (20) prospects on September 9, 2020.
These lists are provided below in reverse chronological order. The offices of the prospects are listed below. In some cases, those offices differ from the office they occupied at the time they were added to the prospect list.
1. Bridget Bade, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
2. Daniel Cameron, 51st Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
3. Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas
4. Paul Clement, partner with Kirkland & Ellis LLP
5. Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas
6. Stuart Kyle Duncan, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
7. Steven Engel, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice
8. Noel Francisco, former Solicitor General of the United States
9. Josh Hawley, U.S. Senator from Missouri
10. James Ho, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
11. Gregory Katsas, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
12. Barbara Lagoa, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
13. Christopher Landau, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States
14. Carlos Muñiz, Justice on the Supreme Court of Florida
15. Martha Pacold, Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
16. Peter Phipps, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
17. Sarah Pitlyk, Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
18. Allison Jones Rushing, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
19. Kate Todd, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President
20. Lawrence VanDyke, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1. Amy Coney Barrett, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
2. Britt C. Grant, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
3. Brett M. Kavanaugh, Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
4. Kevin C. Newsom, Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
5. Patrick Wyrick, Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
1. Keith Blackwell, Justice on the Georgia Supreme Court
2. Charles Canady, Justice on the Florida Supreme Court
3. Neil Gorsuch, Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
4. Mike Lee, Senator from Utah
5. Edward Mansfield, Justice on the Iowa Supreme Court
6. Federico Moreno, Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
7. Margaret Ryan, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
8. Amul Thapar, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
9. Timothy Tymkovich, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
10. Robert Young, former Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court
1. Steven Colloton, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
2. Raymond Gruender, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
3. Thomas Hardiman, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
4. Raymond Kethledge, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
5. William Pryor, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
6. Diane Sykes of Wisconsin, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
7. Allison Eid of Colorado, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
8. Joan Larsen of Michigan, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
9. Thomas Lee of Utah, Justice on the Utah Supreme Court
10. David Stras of Minnesota, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
11. Don Willett of Texas, Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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