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Floridian may be President Trump’s Supreme Court pick
Read full article: Floridian may be President Trump’s Supreme Court pickTALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida-born Barbara Lagoa is one of four or five women President Donald Trump is considering for the U.S. Supreme Court. Flags were at half staff Monday at the Florida Supreme Court where one of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s possible successors once served. In 2006, then-Governor Jeb Bush tapped Barbara Lagoa to serve on the Third District Court of Appeal. Nine months later, President Trump nominated Lagoa for an opening on the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Based on our research, if nominated, Barbara Lagoa would be the only Florida-born person ever nominated for the nation’s highest court.
