Court nominee will be a no brainier

[floridablue]

The push is on for a Hispanic candidate for the Supreme Court, and I understand Albert Gonzales has not been able to find a job yet. BusCos would certainly vote for him in the Senate. He should get every vote but Hagel and Schumer.

[PDittie]

1. Sonia Sotomayor

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/30/souter-replacements-obama_n_194288.html

"An Hispanic with 16 years of court experience who currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, Sotomayor is a graduate of Yale Law and considered a legal liberal. She also shares a biographical footnote with Souter: they both were appointed by George H. W. Bush -- Sotomayor to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1992.

"In a recent Columbia Law School Magazine, Professor Jamal Greene and legal affairs reporter Joseph Goldstein had the following exchange about her prospects.

Greene: I think we all agree it's fairly likely that first appointment will be female. And given the additional qualification that he might want a minority, there is one female, Hispanic Court of Appeals judge, who is a Democrat, .


Goldstein: Sonia Sotomayor.

Greene: She's probably on the short list.

I think that Hillary Clinton may have right of first refusal, however.

[tekisui]

2. If I had to guess, I would think Hillary already made her decision.

She picked SoS over a seat on the bench.

[floridablue]

4. I haven't seen many Yale liberals

[babylonsister]

5. I seem to recall Clinton's name came up earlier (during the back

and forth about her being SoS?), and she wasn't interested. That might be too tame a position for her, and she might have future political aspirations.

[underpants]

3. Alberto is still busy trying to find his car

he ambles around DC hitting the trunk button on his carkey remote

The poor guy can't remember anything.

[Dr.Phool]

6. We'e got enough "no-brainers" on the court already.

[tkmorris]

7. Diane Wood

More liberal than Satomayor I think, and from Chicago to boot as I recall.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. I like Diane Wood. She pisses off anti-choicers. :)