Potential Nominees: National Journal's Stuart Taylor Jr ranks the candidates' chances

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1. Elena Kagan Dean, Harvard Law School

• Age: 48
• Education: Princeton University, B.A., 1981; Worcester College, Oxford, Master's, 1983; Harvard Law School, J.D., 1986
• Ethnicity: white
• Her Harvard biography can be found here and her National Journal profile here.


2. Janet Napolitano Homeland Security secretary

• Age: 51
• Education: Santa Clara University, 1979; University of Virginia School of Law, 1983
• Ethnicity: white
• Her DHS biography can be found here.


3. Diane Wood U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

• Age: 58
• Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1971; University of Texas School of Law, 1975
• Ethnicity: white
• Her University of Chicago biography can be found here and her National Journal profile here.


4. Leah Ward Sears Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court

• Age: 53
• Education: Cornell University, 1976; Emory University School of Law, 1980; University of Virginia School of Law, LL.M Degree, 1995.
• Ethnicity: African American
• Her court biography can be found here.


5. Sonia Sotomayor U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit

• Age: 54
• Education: Princeton University, A.B., 1976; Yale Law School J.D., 1979
• Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Her court biography can be found here and her National Journal profile here.


6. Jennifer Granholm Michigan governor

• Age: 50
• Education: University of California at Berkeley, 1984; Harvard Law School, 1987.
• Ethnicity: white
• Her official governor's biography can be found here and her Almanac of American Politics profile can be found here (subscription).


7. Vanessa Ruiz D.C. Court of Appeals

• Age: 59
• Education: Wellesley College, 1972; Georgetown University Law Center, 1975.
• Ethnicity: Hispanic
• Her court biography can be found here .


8. Valerie Jarrett senior White House adviser

• Age: 52
• Education: Stanford University, 1978; University of Michigan Law School 1981.
• Ethnicity: African American
• Her White House biography can be found here.


9. Pam Karlan Stanford Law professor

• Education: Yale University, 1980; Yale University, Master's, 1984; Yale Law • School, 1984
• Ethnicity: white
Her Stanford biography can be found here.


10. Merrick Garland U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

• Age: 56
• Education: Harvard College, 1974; Harvard Law School, 1977.
• Ethnicity: white
• His court biography can be found here and his National Journal profile here.