The press is reporting today that President Trump nominated Stephanos Bibas for a Third Circuit judgeship.
Bibas is reported to be a law professor at Penn and a former clerk of Justice Anthony Kennedy. If this sounds familiar, the most recent Supreme Court Justice, Neal Gorsuch, was also a Kennedy law clerk.
Preliminary research suggests that Bibas has an extensive background in criminal law. His CV, for those interested, is available here.
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