Here are 25 names Trump could nominate to replace Justice Kennedy

BySTEPHANIE EBBS ABCNews logo
Thursday, June 28, 2018

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the White House will immediately begin the search for a nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced that he will retire at the end of next month.



Trump said the nominee will come from a previously released list of 25 names that he could nominate for the Court, including judges, retired judges, and a member of Congress.



"We have obviously numerous people. We have a list of 25 people that I had during my election. I had 20 and I added five a little while ago. We have a very excellent list of great judges, highly intelligent, hopefully tremendous people. The list is outstanding," Trump said.



Here are the names on that list:



Amy Coney Barrett of Indiana, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit



Keith Blackwell of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia



Charles Canady of Florida, Supreme Court of Florida



Steven Colloton of Iowa, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit



Allison Eid of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit



Britt Grant of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia



Raymond Gruender of Missouri, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit



Thomas Hardiman of Pennsylvania, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit



Brett Kavanaugh of Maryland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit



Raymond Kethledge of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit



Joan Larsen of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit



Mike Lee of Utah, United States Senator



Thomas Lee of Utah, Supreme Court of Utah



Edward Mansfield of Iowa, Supreme Court of Iowa



Federico Moreno of Florida, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida



Kevin Newsom of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit



William Pryor of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit



Margaret Ryan of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces



David Stras of Minnesota, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit



Diane Sykes of Wisconsin, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit



Amul Thapar of Kentucky, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit



Timothy Tymkovich of Colorado, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit



Robert Young of Michigan, Supreme Court of Michigan (Ret.)



Don Willett of Texas, Supreme Court of Texas



Patrick Wyrick of Oklahoma, Supreme Court of Oklahoma

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