Some on political rights, however, are troubled by the fact that Judge Lagoa does not appear to have a record in any of the abortion cases.
Anti-abortion activists say they will support Judge Lagoa’s nomination, but they are in favor of the judge. Amy Connie Barrett Due to its clear record on Rowe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established the constitutional right to abortion. They worry that Namini, on whose issue the judiciary is unaware, could jeopardize a decades-long campaign to end the right to abortion, which is now finally within their reach.
Although she is less well-known in Washington than Judge Barrett, Judge Lagoa has been one of Florida’s most influential lawyers for years.
A graduate of Columbia Law School, where she was editor of Columbia Law Review, Judge Lagoa worked for a variety of Miami law firms, including Greenberg Trigrig, before joining the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida in 2003. Three years later, the government’s Republican, Jeb Bush, has put his name on the Third District Court App F Appeal.
Judge Lagoa is married to Paul C. Haq Jr., a partner in the Jones de la Law firm and a fellow member of the Federalist Society. Mr. Haq served as Charlie Christ’s general adviser to the former government and as Florida’s deputy attorney general. The couple has three daughters, including fraternal twins. Judge Lagoa’s father-in-law, Paul C. Haq, is a senior federal judge in the Southern District of Florida, appointed by President Bill Clinton.
Last year, on his second day in office, Republican Gov. Ron Desantis promoted Judge Lagoa to the state Supreme Court. He announced the nomination at Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, a building steeped in exile symbolism, where many Cubans first entered the United States. Speaking in Spanish, Judge Lagoa thanked his parents, noting that his father’s unrealistic dream in Cuba was to become a lawyer.
Eight months later, Mr. Trump nominated her to the 11th Circuit, where she quickly faced the question of former Fellows’ voting rights for the second time. Legal experts were divided over whether Judge Lagoa’s failure to disqualify himself was fraught with rules of ethics.