I heartily concur in Carrie Severino’s ardent praise for the federal appellate nominees President Trump announced yesterday. From what I hear, more great picks will be coming soon.

Liberal Harvard law professor Noah Feldman also praises Trump for picking from among the circles of “serious, principled conservatives …, the kind of people who can leave an imprint on the courts for decades.” In particular, he hails Seventh Circuit nominee (and Notre Dame law professor) Amy Coney Barrett, whom he knows from their Supreme Court clerkship year together. Noting that he doesn’t agree with her “on too much, jurisprudentially speaking,” he calls her a “top flight, indeed brilliant lawyer,” “one of the standouts [among the Supreme Court clerks] for the pure power of her legal mind.”

One quibble that I have with Feldman’s piece is that he says that Trump “has outsourced judicial selection thus far to elite conservative lawyers like those of the Federalist Society.” In fact, White House counsel Don McGahn has put together an exceptional team of such lawyers and has established a great process for judicial selection. Key positions at the Department of Justice are also being filled with outstanding conservative lawyers. So rather than outsourcing, Trump deserves credit for bringing so much excellent legal talent into his Administration and for drawing on the excellent advice he is receiving.