swap_horiz John Ashcroft Alternatives

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Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster was an influential 19th-century American legal figure. He served as a U.S. Senator and delivered powerful...

Us Historical Senator Scotus Bar

9.3 Excellent

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Paul Clement

Paul Clement is a prominent appellate attorney specializing in constitutional law. He has argued numerous significant ca...

Us Conservative Appellate Scotus Bar

9.1 Excellent

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Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia was an American lawyer who served as a US Supreme Court Justice from 1986 to 2016, noted for his original...

Us Conservative Scotus Originalist

8.6 Great

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Henry Clay

American statesman and lawyer (1777–1852) known as 'The Great Compromiser' for crafting the Missouri Compromise of 1820...

19TH Century Historical Senator Statesman

8.6 Great

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Rufus Choate

Rufus Choate was an American lawyer and Senator from Massachusetts in the mid-19th century, renowned as one of the most...

Us Orator Historical Senator

8.0 Great

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Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is an American jurist who became the second African American to serve on the US Supreme Court following...

Us Conservative Scotus Originalist

7.9 Good

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Judah P. Benjamin

Judah P. Benjamin was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Louisiana before holding multi...

Us Historical Senator Confederate

7.9 Good

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Neil Gorsuch

Neil Gorsuch is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the US Supreme Court, appointed by President Do...

Modern Us Conservative Scotus

7.8 Good

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Sam Ervin

U.S. Senator from North Carolina (1954–1974) and lawyer who chaired the Senate Watergate Committee in 1973, earning nati...

North Carolina Historical Constitutional Watergate

7.7 Good

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Amy Coney Barrett

Amy Coney Barrett is an American lawyer and jurist who was appointed to the US Supreme Court in 2020, becoming the fifth...

Modern Us Conservative Scotus

7.5 Good

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Chuck Cooper

American conservative appellate lawyer and founding partner of Cooper & Kirk, known for representing high-profile client...

Conservative Constitutional Washington DC Solicitor General

7.3 Good

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Miguel Estrada

Honduran-American lawyer whose 2001 D.C. Circuit nomination became the first appellate nominee blocked by a sustained Se...

Conservative Federal Washington DC Appellate

7.1 Good

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Tim Kaine

Tim Kaine is an American lawyer and Democratic politician serving as a US Senator from Virginia since 2013, who was also...

Modern Us Politician Senator

7.0 Good

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Walter Mondale

Walter Mondale served as U.S. Vice President under Jimmy Carter (1977–1981) and was the 1984 Democratic presidential nom...

Minnesota Politician Senator Vice President

7.0 Good

15

Harry Reid

Harry Reid was an American lawyer and politician who served as a US Senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017, notably holdi...

Modern Us Politician Senator

6.9 Fair

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Ramsey Clark

Ramsey Clark served as U.S. Attorney General (1967–1969) under Lyndon B. Johnson and later became a civil liberties advo...

Historical Anti War Civil Liberties Attorney General

6.8 Fair

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Amy Klobuchar

Amy Klobuchar is a U.S. Senator from Minnesota (elected 2006) and former Hennepin County Attorney who ran for the 2020 D...

Yale Minnesota Prosecutor Politician

6.7 Fair

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Cory Booker

Cory Booker is a U.S. Senator from New Jersey (since 2013) and former mayor of Newark who became the first Black senator...

New Jersey Yale Politician Senator

6.6 Fair

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Chuck Schumer

Chuck Schumer is an American lawyer and politician serving as a US Senator from New York since 1999, notable for being t...

Modern Us Politician Senator

6.5 Fair

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Alberto Gonzales

U.S. Attorney General (2005–2007) under George W. Bush and the first Hispanic to hold that office, who resigned amid con...

Texas Conservative Federal Attorney General

3.2 Poor