Articles by Melvin Peters

Barbara Lagoa is an American lawyer who is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and former Supreme Court of Florida Judge. She was the Hispanic woman to be appointed as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Florida before becoming a federal judge. Alongside justice Amy Coney Barret, Lagoa is viewed as a favorite to become Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Amy Coney Barrett (Full name: Amy Vivian Coney Barrett) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit who has widely described as an “originalist” and a “textualist. She is the first and only female occupant of a seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Indiana. Judge Barrett is a firm believer in the principle of Stare Decisis also held by late Justice Antonin Scalia. She is widely viewed as President Donald Trump’s likely nominee to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.