Speculation abounded over potential nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States by President George W. Bush since before his presidency.
Steven Wayne Smith is a Republican former Texas Supreme Court justice,who was defeated for renomination in 2004 through the active opposition of then-Governor Rick Perry. He was unseated by Paul W. Green. Smith again lost –very narrowly –a bid for nomination to the court in the March 7,2006,GOP primary,when Perry again opposed his candidacy.
Emilio Miller Garza is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Priscilla Richman is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was previously a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1995 to 2005.
Edward Charles Prado is an American diplomat who is a former United States ambassador to Argentina from 2018 to 2021. He is a former United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Consuelo María Callahan is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Patrick Errol Higginbotham is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Richard Allen Griffin is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Previously,he was a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Catharina Jacoba Hendrika Dubbelday Haynes is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
David Alan Ezra is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii. Since January 2013,Ezra has been designated by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court to serve on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas,San Antonio and Austin Divisions to help ease the heavy workload for the federal judges in Texas. Judge Ezra is often designated to sit on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit where he holds the record for the most designated sittings of any judge in that Court’s history.
Frankie "Frank" Montalvo is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Diana S. Saldaña is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Marina Garcia Marmolejo is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Robert Lee Pitman is an American attorney and jurist who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas and former United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas. He was previously a United States Magistrate Judge of the same court.
Nelva Gonzales Ramos is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
George Carol Hanks Jr. is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
James Wesley Hendrix is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and former assistant United States attorney for the same district. He presides over the Northern District's Lubbock,Abilene,and San Angelo Divisions,which account for 47 of the Northern District's 100 counties,and span an area larger than Pennsylvania.
Ernesto "Ernest" Gonzalez is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas since 2024. He previously served with the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division from 2023 to 2024.
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