Supreme Court pick to be made by May 26

[kpete]

Source: The Hill


Supreme Court pick to be made by May 26
By Sam Youngman - 04/20/10 06:32 PM ET

President Barack Obama will nominate a replacement to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice John Paul Stevens no later than May 26.

But a senior administration official said it’s “entirely likely” that the president’s pick will come “well before then.”

“We’ve got a little more of a running start to the process,” the official said.

May 26 is the same day Obama nominated Sotomayor last year. Using a similar timeline to hers, the official said, the White House is confident that Obama’s nominee for Stevens’s seat will be confirmed and seated before the August recess.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/93419-obama-to-make-supreme-court-pick-by-may-26

[Botany]

1. Obama should pick a wise latino

Jimmy has been a cop and a lawyer

[marshall]

5. How about a friendly Irish American woman?

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I don't believe they have to be judges or even lawyers. One just expects them to be "wise".

[happygoluckytoyou]

6. how about PARIS HILTON... so the SCOTUS will finally get real coverage on FOX

[Staph]

9. He won't want the job....

He's already been the President of the United States.

[rpannier]

2. Skinner for the Court

That'd cause a huge fuss by the republicans

And I'd laugh myself to the grave

[bluestateguy]

3. That timeline assumes nothing goes wrong

No gaffes, no vetting screwups and that the nominee performs as well at the confirmation hearings as Sotomayor.

One screwup along the way, just one, could mess up the whole timeline and throw this right into the thick of the election campaigns.

[onehandle]

4. Healthy, relatively young woman please. nt

[ShortnFiery]

7. Prepare to be profoundly disappointed if your politics run left of center. eom

[snappyturtle]

8. My hope is that the President makes his choice known VERY

quickly. He needs to do it fast to limit republican spew....same with financial reform. imho