Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
02-14-2016, 10:29 PM
https://www.yahoo.com/politics/who-will-obama-nominee-scalia-supreme-court-213450996.html
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Rejecting calls from Republicans to leave the job to his successor, President Obama says he plans to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia “in due time” following the conservative firebrand’s sudden death on Saturday. So who does the president plan to nominate?
According to Yahoo News Chief Political Correspondent Olivier Knox, Obama’s shortlist includes Sri Srinivasan, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia circuit; Merrick Garland, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit; Attorney General Loretta Lynch; Neal Katyal, a Georgetown law professor who spent one year as Obama’s acting solicitor general; Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Solicitor General Don Verrilli; and former Attorney General Eric Holder.
Obama has told friends that he views nominating two women — Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — to the court as a key part of his legacy. The president could now try to name a third, with Lynch and Patricia Ann Millett, who like Srinivasan is a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia circuit.
But whomever Obama decides to nominate to fill the newly vacant Supreme Court seat faces a slim chance of being confirmed, particularly in an election year.
During the GOP debate in South Carolina on Saturday night, all six Republican presidential candidates urged the Senate to block Obama’s pick.
“The Senate needs to stand strong and say, ‘We’re not going to give up the Supreme Court for a generation by allowing Barack Obama to make one more liberal appointee,” Sen. Ted Cruz said.
On Sunday, Cruz said he would “absolutely” filibuster any Obama appointee.
“This should be a decision for the people,” the Texas senator said on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.“ “Let the election decide. If the Democrats want to replace [Scalia], they need to win the election. But I don’t think the American people want a court that will strip our religious liberties. I don’t think the American people want a court that will mandate unlimited abortions on demand, partial-birth abortion with taxpayer funding and no parental notification, and I don’t think the American people want a court that will write the Second Amendment out of the Constitution.”
who-will-obama-nominee-scalia-supreme-court
Rejecting calls from Republicans to leave the job to his successor, President Obama says he plans to nominate a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia “in due time” following the conservative firebrand’s sudden death on Saturday. So who does the president plan to nominate?
According to Yahoo News Chief Political Correspondent Olivier Knox, Obama’s shortlist includes Sri Srinivasan, a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia circuit; Merrick Garland, chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit; Attorney General Loretta Lynch; Neal Katyal, a Georgetown law professor who spent one year as Obama’s acting solicitor general; Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; Solicitor General Don Verrilli; and former Attorney General Eric Holder.
Obama has told friends that he views nominating two women — Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — to the court as a key part of his legacy. The president could now try to name a third, with Lynch and Patricia Ann Millett, who like Srinivasan is a U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia circuit.
But whomever Obama decides to nominate to fill the newly vacant Supreme Court seat faces a slim chance of being confirmed, particularly in an election year.
During the GOP debate in South Carolina on Saturday night, all six Republican presidential candidates urged the Senate to block Obama’s pick.
“The Senate needs to stand strong and say, ‘We’re not going to give up the Supreme Court for a generation by allowing Barack Obama to make one more liberal appointee,” Sen. Ted Cruz said.
On Sunday, Cruz said he would “absolutely” filibuster any Obama appointee.
“This should be a decision for the people,” the Texas senator said on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.“ “Let the election decide. If the Democrats want to replace [Scalia], they need to win the election. But I don’t think the American people want a court that will strip our religious liberties. I don’t think the American people want a court that will mandate unlimited abortions on demand, partial-birth abortion with taxpayer funding and no parental notification, and I don’t think the American people want a court that will write the Second Amendment out of the Constitution.”