Edith Jones was a very long-time SCOTUS finalist (like, for every seat between 1988 and 2006), and in general is not someone like Oldham who is thought of as an extremist. She is right-wing for sure, but an argument that Jones signs off on is one you can be pretty confident Roberts/Kavanaugh will take seriously even if they do not ultimately uphold it.
Jones has been an active judge for almost 40 years. Compare the number of clerks she's sent to the high court to someone like Sutton who has only been there half as long.
