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At Least Trump’s Latest Circuit Court Nominee Is In Good Company

Just kids having kids... and then appointing them to high courts.

Trump’s latest pick for the Fourth Circuit is Williams & Connolly partner Allison Jones Rushing, who is in her mid-30s. But that makes her just slightly older than an unusually young Reagan Circuit nominee. Who did Reagan install on a circuit court in 1985 at the tender age of 35 years old by a vote of 54 to 43.

Hint: During the confirmation proceedings, former co-workers testified that the nominee was “harsh, cruel, demeaning, sadistic, disingenuous and without compassion.”

See the answer on the next page.

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