I was curious- and found this short list- and it is impressive.
Certainly there is no doubt that President Obama will do his Constitutional duty and select the next Supreme Court Justice- the question is whether the Senate will do its Constitutional duties to advice and consent.
Both of these look like solid candidates- the other 5 candidates are intriguing but not as strong I think
Who will Obama choose to replace Antonin Scalia? Here are 7 of the strongest candidates.
Jane Kelly — US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Any nominee is going to have to go through the Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). And no nominee is going to make Grassley happier than Jane Kelly, a career public defender from Iowa whose nomination for the federal bench Grassley championed, leading to a unanimous confirmation in 2013. She was also, coincidentally, a Harvard Law School classmate of Barack Obama's, graduating with him in 1991.
Sri Srinivasan — US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Srinivasan is by far the most mentioned Supreme Court contender in DC, owing largely to his unanimous 2013 confirmation to the DC court. That's in many ways a more impressive feat than Kelly's unanimous approval: The DC court is by far the most prominent circuit court, owing to its jurisdiction over challenges to rules made by federal regulators like the Environmental Protection Agency. The fact that Srinivasan could get unanimously approved for that court is truly remarkable.
His background helps explain the across-the-board enthusiasm. He worked for the solicitor general's office for seven years: five under George W. Bush, two under Obama. He clerked for two Republican judges, Sandra Day O’Connor and the Fourth Circuit's J. Harvie Wilkinson III, and represented a number of corporate clients in private practice, including former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling in his Supreme Court appeal, a newspaper that fired reporters for union activities, and Exxon when it was trying to escape liability for murder and torture its security forces committed in Indonesia.
Certainly there is no doubt that President Obama will do his Constitutional duty and select the next Supreme Court Justice- the question is whether the Senate will do its Constitutional duties to advice and consent.
Both of these look like solid candidates- the other 5 candidates are intriguing but not as strong I think
Who will Obama choose to replace Antonin Scalia? Here are 7 of the strongest candidates.
Jane Kelly — US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Any nominee is going to have to go through the Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). And no nominee is going to make Grassley happier than Jane Kelly, a career public defender from Iowa whose nomination for the federal bench Grassley championed, leading to a unanimous confirmation in 2013. She was also, coincidentally, a Harvard Law School classmate of Barack Obama's, graduating with him in 1991.
Sri Srinivasan — US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Srinivasan is by far the most mentioned Supreme Court contender in DC, owing largely to his unanimous 2013 confirmation to the DC court. That's in many ways a more impressive feat than Kelly's unanimous approval: The DC court is by far the most prominent circuit court, owing to its jurisdiction over challenges to rules made by federal regulators like the Environmental Protection Agency. The fact that Srinivasan could get unanimously approved for that court is truly remarkable.
His background helps explain the across-the-board enthusiasm. He worked for the solicitor general's office for seven years: five under George W. Bush, two under Obama. He clerked for two Republican judges, Sandra Day O’Connor and the Fourth Circuit's J. Harvie Wilkinson III, and represented a number of corporate clients in private practice, including former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling in his Supreme Court appeal, a newspaper that fired reporters for union activities, and Exxon when it was trying to escape liability for murder and torture its security forces committed in Indonesia.
