Indian-American Judge among Donald Trump’s list of Judges to replace US Supreme Court Judge, Justice Kennedy

June 28, 2018:

Amul Thapar, an Indian-American Judge, is among 25 shortlisted Judges U.S. President Donald Trump could nominate to replace Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, according to the Media Reports.

Justice Kennedy, 81, announced his retirement from U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.

He met Prez Trump at the White House last afternoon soon after he told his colleagues in the Supreme Court that July 31 would be his last day at the apex court.

President Donald Trump stated  that his nominee to replace Judge Kennedy would be from this list compiled by the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society.

Last year, Donald Trump appointed Mr. Thapar, who sits on 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a Former United States Attorney, for District of Kentucky and District Judge.

Son of Indian-American immigrants, Mr. Thapar is Nation’s first Article III Judge of South Asian descent. He was confirmed by the Senate 52-44.

Mr. Thapar began his legal career in private practice, after clerkships with Judge S. Arthur Spiegel of the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and Judge Nathaniel R. Jones of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

He received his BS from Boston College in 1991 and his JD from the University of California, Berkeley.

According to The Washington Post, seven judges could be on Mr. Trump’s mind to replace Mr. Kennedy on the Supreme Court and Thapar as among one among them.

Source PTI