President Obama's Supreme Court shortlist has leaked. Here are the 6 contenders.

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President Obama's Supreme Court shortlist has leaked. Here are the 6 contenders.

by Dylan Matthews at Vox

http://www.vox.com/2016/3/12/11206662/obama-scalia-srinivasan-garland-watford

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Scalia, President Obama's shortlist of potential nominees to replace him appears to be taking shape. Looking at lists from the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Associated Press, and NPR's Nina Totenberg, six candidates keep appearing:

Merrick Garland, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

Ketanji Brown Jackson, US District Court for DC

Jane Kelly, US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Patricia Millett, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

Sri Srinivasan, US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

Paul Watford, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit




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[Suich]

1. I thought I read earlier he was down to 3 men.

Personally, I'd like to see another woman appointed.

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2. That was Reuters. They mention it at the link.

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Reuters has reported that the list is even smaller: just Garland, Srinivasan, and Watford. Other options previously floated — like Attorney General Loretta Lynch, US Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Adalberto Jordan of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit — have either taken themselves out of contention or confirmed they're not being considered.

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http://www.vox.com/2016/3/12/11206662/obama-scalia-srinivasan-garland-watford

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3. Informative thread. Don't forget to read responses.

As usual, DU gets the info out.

[truebluegreen]

4. Ugh.

The top three contenders all sound too conservative for me; I want a RBG clone.

Pro-corporate? Law 'n Order types? gah

I realize that this could well be a ploy to make the Repukes look as bad as possible but still...