Barbara Lagoa, Cuban-American federal judge, is potential Trump Supreme Court pick. The federal appellate judge would be the second Hispanic on the Supreme Court following current Justice Sonia Sotomayor. NBCLatino
The liberal activist group Alliance for Justice has said Lagoa’s decisions “raise concerns that she will side with the wealthy and powerful at the expense of everyday Americans as a federal judge.”
That year, Lagoa upheld DeSantis’ suspension of a sheriff for alleged incompetence following a mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.
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