Cincinnati-based Judge Amul Thapar could become next Supreme Court justice

The short list for U.S. Supreme Court nominees includes a federal appeals court judge who calls Northern Kentucky home. Amul Thapar is one of 27 judges on the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Cincinnati.  Friends and colleagues told WCPO  they’re excited about the possibility that Thapar might become one of nine justices on the highest court in the land,  replacing retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.