One of the nominees, according to The Washington Times, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Allison H Eid, is being earmarked by the President to fill a vacancy on the 10th US Circuit Court of Appeals which opened up when Justice Neil Gorsuch was confirmed for the Supreme Court in April. She has served on Colorado’s high court since 2006, and previously was the state’s solicitor general.

'One of the nation's leading experts'

President Trump also nominated US District Court Judge Ralph R. Erickson of North Dakota and said he intends to nominate University of Pennsylvania Law School professor Stephanos Bibas whom the White House said was ‘one of the nation”s leading experts in criminal law and procedure.’ He has argued six cases before the Supreme Court, taught at the University of Chicago Law School and served from 1998 to 2000 as an assistant US Attorney in the Southern District of New York.

The list

The eight put forward are, according to The Washington Times: Michael P Allen of Florida – US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; Claria Horn Boom of Kentucky, US District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; Dabney L Friedrich, US District Court for the District of Columbia; Timothy J Kelly, US District Court for the District of Columbia; Trevor N McFadden, US District Court for the District of Columbia; Amanda L Meredith. US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; Stephen S Schwartz, US Court of Federal Claims and Joseph L Toth, US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.