Posted on 03/02/2016 3:24:07 PM PST by drewh
The White House is vetting Jane L. Kelly, a career public defender turned federal appellate judge, as a potential nominee for the Supreme Court, as President Obama closes in on a decision that could reshape the court for decades and create an election-year showdown with Republicans.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been conducting background interviews on Judge Kelly, 51, according to a person with knowledge of the process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the White House is closely guarding details about Mr. Obama’s search to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
The White House declined to comment, and Judge Kelly said through a judicial assistant in her Cedar Rapids, Iowa, chambers that she was not granting interviews on the matter.
Judge Kelly won quick and unanimous confirmation by the Senate three years ago to her current post on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Her nomination could intensify pressure on Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa and the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to break with his party and hold hearings on Mr. Obama’s Supreme Court candidate.
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Put her on the list for mid January 2017. Trump will give her a very brief look.
A black lesbian, perchance?
This is THE existential test for the GOP.
Approve ANY Dorkbama the Muslim appointee and see the GOP die.
Obama’s approach to SCOTUS nominees: No white males may apply.
Jane L. Kelly has been endorsed by the “Alliance For Justice”, a Progressive legal affairs outfit.
She’s a flaming lib.
BOHICA
What is wrong with this idiot? Is he trying to stack the court with women in case he’s indicted after he’s out of office? He seems to have a “mommy” syndrome going on.
And Mitch is quietly plotting his capitulation
My dad’s family is from Iowa. It has always surprised me how liberal many Iowans are.
Just one look at the pic above and you can tell she is a flaming liberal.
Chuck Grassley and Mitch McConnell had better stand their ground. NO Obama nominees will be considered, they can show up at the Capitol Hill cafeteria and perhaps enjoy a nutritious meal approved by Moooochelle, but that’s all.
She graduated From Harvard Law School with Obama.
That’s a nice picture of Alice Cooper!
And lead a total RiNO cave to a liberal Indonesian Impostor AJ, who will vote to void the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments.
Yeah, that works for me.
Total political tactical crap is what it is. Shut Barky out
Just one look at the pic above and you can tell she is a flaming liberal.
Yep, they’re very easy to recognize.
She graduated From Harvard Law School with Obama.
Yes, I saw that. They’re all birds of a feather.
It’s a shame.
Aha! So she knows the secret handshake!
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