Posted on 03/11/2016 5:42:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The White House has narrowed its search for a Supreme Court nominee to three federal appeals court judges, Sri Srinivasan, Merrick Garland and Paul Watford, a source familiar with the selection process said on Friday.
Srinivasan and Garland are considered the leading contenders, according to the source and two other sources close to the process.
President Barack Obama is seeking a nominee to replace long-serving conservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Feb. 13. Senate Republicans have vowed not to hold confirmation hearings or an up-or-down vote on any Supreme Court nominee put forward by Obama.
The process to select a replacement for Scalia appears to be nearing an end. It was unclear whether the other two other candidates who had been expected to be interviewed by Obama, federal appeals court judge Jane Kelly and federal trial judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, were now out of the running altogether.
Srinivasan, 49, and Garland, 63, are colleagues on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Srinivasan, who was born in India and grew up in Kansas, would be the first Asian-American and the first Hindu on the high court. Obama appointed him to the appeals court in 2013.
Garland is the chief judge of that appeals court, where he has served since being appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1997.
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Shouldn’t matter, but, unfortunately, it probably does.
good luck with that
I predict that the GOPe passes Obola’s SC nominee, DOJ indicted Hilda and drops out. Obama takes his case directly to the SC and sues that a 3rd term is unconstitutional and runs for a 3rd term
“NO” to any of them.....
Listen up Mitch. You are going to hold the line on this. Onambla’s nominee is not going hear anythign other than NO..
Three hardcore communist judges. Not surprised.
“” Srinivasan, who was born in India and grew up in Kansas, would be the first Asian-American and the first Hindu on the high court. Obama appointed him to the appeals court in 2013.””
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I know it’s a weird idea but maybe putting an American on the highest court would be a cool thing.
Mao,Crusty the clown and Grumpy the cat
McConnell wouldn’t be dumb enough to even hold hearings.
Would he?
Why not? He has always caved in the past.
Somebody is going to have to brace Mitch up in the saddle like El Cid. His invertebrate nature is sure to show itself within a day of the nominee being announced.
Johnny SCOTUS!
They found out that Che Guevera was dead so had to pull him from the list.....
How can obama sue regarding a 3rd term, when the constitution prohibits being elected to a 3rd term?
racism
Just. Say. No.
The Constitution also prohibits a non, natural-born citizen from being President. That didn’t stop him.
McC could say that his office was deluged with Kentuckians demanding a liberal court nominee, and he had to oblige them.
Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Mao Tse Tung?
A constitutional scholar with the Nobel Piss Prize. Perfect candidate in HIS eyes.
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