Speculation abounded over potential nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States by President George W. Bush since before his presidency.
Henry William Saad is a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Consuelo María Callahan is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Maureen E. Mahoney is a former deputy solicitor general and an appellate lawyer at the law firm of Latham &Watkins in Washington,D.C.,who has argued cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Notably,she argued on behalf of the University of Michigan and its affirmative action program in Grutter v. Bollinger (2003),in which the Court decided in favor of Michigan by a 5–4 vote.
Carol Ann Corrigan is an associate justice of the California Supreme Court.
Janice Marie Holder is an American judge who served as a circuit court judge for Tennessee's Division II Circuit Court in the 30th district,served as the third woman justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1996 until 2014,and was the first female Chief Justice of Tennessee on the Tennessee Supreme Court from 2008 until her retirement in 2014.
Susan Bieke Neilson was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit,and before that,a state trial judge in Michigan.
Helene N. White is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Previously,she was a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Janice Rogers Brown is an American jurist. She served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2005 to 2017 and before that,Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from 1996 to 2005. She is a member of the Federalist Society and frequently features at events hosted by the organization.
Mary Beth Kelly is a lawyer and former justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. She was elected on November 2,2010 and took office on January 1,2011 for an eight-year term that ended on January 1,2019. On August 17,2015,she announced her resignation from the Supreme Court effective October 1,2015,to return to private practice at Bodman PLC in Detroit.
Brian K. Zahra is a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He was appointed to fill a vacancy by Governor Rick Snyder in 2011. Zahra won his bid for reelection in 2022 to retain his seat for eight more years,per the Michigan Constitution.
Allison Lynn Hartwell Eid is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She previously served as an associate justice of the Colorado Supreme Court.
Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard,known professionally as Nina Pillard,is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before becoming a judge,Pillard was a tenured law professor at Georgetown University.
Leslie Carol Rutledge is an American attorney and politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party,she was attorney general of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023,and since 2023 has been lieutenant governor of Arkansas.
Leondra Reid Kruger is an American judge who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California. A native of South Pasadena,California,she graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School. Kruger then clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens,and subsequently worked in private practice and as a professor. She served as acting Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States from 2010 to 2011,and worked in the Office of Legal Counsel. In 2014,California Governor Jerry Brown nominated Kruger to a seat on the Supreme Court of California. She was confirmed,and was sworn in on January 5,2015.
Joan Louise Larsen is an American attorney serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She previously was an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 2015 to 2017.
Dana Michelle Nessel is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 54th Attorney General of Michigan since January 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Stephanie Dawkins Davis is an American lawyer who is serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
