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Zoe Tillman @ZoeTillman
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NEW: Trump announced today that he's nominating Neomi Rao, the lawyer who has been a major force in the administration's deregulation efforts, to fill Justice Brett Kavanaugh's old seat on the DC Circuit buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Rao was considered a frontrunner for Kavanaugh's seat from the start (see our story right after Kavanaugh was confirmed: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…) — she's got a long track record in administrative law, which is a big part of the DC Circuit docket, and deep conservative bona fides
Why does the DC Circuit matter? It's the main forum for big legal fights over executive power and agency actions, and it's long been a springboard to the US Supreme Court — Kavanaugh, Roberts, Ginsburg, Thomas, and Scalia are alumni buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Rao had support from now-former White House counsel Don McGahn, whose top priorities were judges and deregulation. From McGahn today: "Her distinguished career makes her uniquely qualified for that court. She will be outstanding and fair."
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Opposition to Neomi Rao's forthcoming nomination to the DC Circuit is already pouring in from liberal advocacy groups: "Rao has never seen a regulation she didn’t hate," was one comment buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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