President Montez during a press conference; March 7, 2018.
On March 13, 2018, President Laura Montez nominated former president Stuart Hughes for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed the late Justice Tenny.
Nomination[]
Justice Tenny died in late February/early March 2018. Tenny's funeral was held on March 5 in Washington, D.C.. After the funeral, Meyer's associate Mike McLintock piqued the interest of the press when he implied Meyer was under consideration for the vacant Supreme Court seat.
On March 7, 2018, President Laura Montez delivered a press conference where she announced her intention to reach across the aisle to nominate a justice.
Many speculated that former president Selina Meyer would be nominated. On March 13, 2018, Meyer received a phone call from White House Chief of Staff Candi Caruso that Meyer wouldn't be the nominee. Concurrently, CBS This Morning reported that Montez had selected former president Stuart Hughes as her nominee.
Hughes was confirmed by the Senate and assumed his position on the Supreme Court.