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Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 06:47 AM Mar 2016

Obama starts interviewing candidates for Supreme Court vacancy

Source: Reuters

President Barack Obama has started to interview candidates for the U.S. Supreme Court to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last month, National Public Radio reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to the process.

Among the interviewees are Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia; Judge Sri Srinivasan of the same court; Judge Paul Watford of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco; Judge Jane Kelly of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals based in St. Louis; and U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who serves in Washington, D.C., NPR reported.

The first three of these individuals are considered the leading contenders, NPR said.

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch earlier on Tuesday asked not to be considered as a nominee, the Justice Department said in a statement. Lynch had been rumored to be under consideration.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-obama-idUSKCN0WB076

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Obama starts interviewing candidates for Supreme Court vacancy (Original Post) Lodestar Mar 2016 OP
I really hope the Dems show some spine on this issue. lark Mar 2016 #1
Dems lsewpershad Mar 2016 #2

lark

(23,003 posts)
1. I really hope the Dems show some spine on this issue.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 02:50 PM
Mar 2016

If Repugs play hardball and won't even allow hearings, they need to play hardball back. Reid should have a press conference and announce no Repug bills will be allowed to come to a vote until the hearings are held with an up or down vote. Only critical bills like raising the debt will not be filibustered. However, I despair of this happening with all the DINOS in the Senate.

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