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applegrove

(118,014 posts)
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 10:49 PM Apr 2013

"TOOBIN: Obama Has Already Picked The Next Supreme Court Justice"

TOOBIN: Obama Has Already Picked The Next Supreme Court Justice

by Erin Fuchs at the Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/who-will-next-supreme-court-justice-be-2013-4

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During the Supreme Court's gay marriage arguments in March, a Justice Department lawyer named Sri Srinivasan urged the justices to kill the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act.

The Senate this week will consider Srnivasan's nomination to the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., arguably the most important appeals court in America. That hearing will be a "dress rehearsal" for Srnivasan's eventual nomination to the Supreme Court, The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin argues today.

President Obama will almost certainly get to pick the next justice, as 80-year-old cancer survivor Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal, will likely retire before his term is up. (If she stays on the court, she would run the risk of being replaced by a Republican president.)

The D.C. Circuit, which is important because it directly hears any challenges to federal agency rules, is considered to be a gateway to the Supreme Court. It's likely Obama is pushing Srnivasan's nomination through because he wants him to get to the high court, Toobin writes.


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"TOOBIN: Obama Has Already Picked The Next Supreme Court Justice" (Original Post) applegrove Apr 2013 OP
I hope he gets to pick 3. yourout Apr 2013 #1
Jeffery Skilling's Defense Lawyer.... anyone suprised? bobduca Apr 2013 #2
Jeff's looking to get out of prison soon. OnyxCollie Apr 2013 #5
There is always two sides to a story if one is willing to acknowledge the other side. bluestate10 Apr 2013 #6
Apparently To be a Sensible choice for Supreme Court bobduca Apr 2013 #7
A lawyer represents a client. It's about applying the law, not about JDPriestly Apr 2013 #8
The system works really well for those high-paying corporate crooks. bobduca Apr 2013 #11
Everyone is entitled to a defense. And then you let the judge and jury decide. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #20
A Public Defender is just as good as Mr Srinivasan? bobduca Apr 2013 #22
i'm surprised anyone would buy this dookie spanone Apr 2013 #9
dookie? bobduca Apr 2013 #12
So no defense lawyer should be on the court dsc Apr 2013 #10
Thurgood Marshall was the last one (according to Wikipedia) bobduca Apr 2013 #13
and lord knows he sucked dsc Apr 2013 #14
I was only pointing out the rarity. bobduca Apr 2013 #15
I have to admit I would have thought there were more too dsc Apr 2013 #17
What is actually more of an unknown for me is whether clerking for Sandra Day O'Connor bobduca Apr 2013 #18
I am not sure how she picked her clerks dsc Apr 2013 #19
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don't let the Republicans hear about this :) n/t Tx4obama Apr 2013 #3
+1 In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #23
thanks applegrove.. Cha Apr 2013 #4
That would be another landmark appointment, wouldn't it? Hekate Apr 2013 #16
From what I know of Toobin, he's a guy who knows his shit. Volaris Apr 2013 #21

bobduca

(1,763 posts)
2. Jeffery Skilling's Defense Lawyer.... anyone suprised?
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 10:53 PM
Apr 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Srinivasan

Srinivasan also is known for having represented former Enron executive Jeffrey Skilling in his appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court, Skilling v. United States (2010).

Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. ___ (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case interpreting the honest services fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1346. The court held, in the case involving former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, that the honest services fraud statute, which prohibits "a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services", covers only bribes and kickback schemes.
 

OnyxCollie

(9,958 posts)
5. Jeff's looking to get out of prison soon.
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 11:24 PM
Apr 2013

I bet he'd be happy to know he's got a buddy on the SCOTUS.

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
6. There is always two sides to a story if one is willing to acknowledge the other side.
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 11:31 PM
Apr 2013

"While he has represented corporate clients like Enron's Jeff Skilling, he's also worked for groups supporting affirmative action and others opposing Republican-backed voter ID laws."

bobduca

(1,763 posts)
7. Apparently To be a Sensible choice for Supreme Court
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 11:34 PM
Apr 2013

You have to take on evil rich scumbag clients, and a few pro-bono cases to balance out all that filthy lucre.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
8. A lawyer represents a client. It's about applying the law, not about
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 11:50 PM
Apr 2013

agreeing or disagreeing with a client. Everyone is entitled to a defense. You are entitled to a lawyer when accused of a crime. Doesn't mean your lawyer approves of what you may have or may not have done.

bobduca

(1,763 posts)
11. The system works really well for those high-paying corporate crooks.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 12:10 AM
Apr 2013

And Mr Srinivasan has certainly benefited from his firms choice in clients, Enron's Jefferey Skilling in this case.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
20. Everyone is entitled to a defense. And then you let the judge and jury decide.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 12:57 AM
Apr 2013

That's what our Constitution provides for.

Indigent people get an attorney appointed for them.

dsc

(52,130 posts)
10. So no defense lawyer should be on the court
Tue Apr 9, 2013, 11:56 PM
Apr 2013

they defend rapists, murderers, thieves, molesters, and god alone knows who else.

bobduca

(1,763 posts)
15. I was only pointing out the rarity.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 12:22 AM
Apr 2013

It was news to me, i'd never considered the composition of the court, regarding defense lawyers vs. prosecutors.

cheers

dsc

(52,130 posts)
17. I have to admit I would have thought there were more too
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 12:36 AM
Apr 2013

Ginsburg sort of was in that her work at the ACLU did involve statutory rape cases and some other appellate defense work.

bobduca

(1,763 posts)
18. What is actually more of an unknown for me is whether clerking for Sandra Day O'Connor
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 12:41 AM
Apr 2013

Who voted with the conservatives, is any indication of his "moderate"-ness.

I don't expect Obama to appoint leftists to the courts, but a liberal nominee would be a welcome surprise.

dsc

(52,130 posts)
19. I am not sure how she picked her clerks
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 12:44 AM
Apr 2013

Brennan and Marshall as well as Stevens tended to pick very liberal clerks while Scalia and Thomas pick very conservative ones. O'Connor may have been less interested in ideology than in writing ability. Frankly I have no idea. I would like to know that before this guy replaces a true liberal such as Ginsburg.

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
16. That would be another landmark appointment, wouldn't it?
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 12:32 AM
Apr 2013

Sri Srinivasan is an Indian-American, as in, born in India, raised in Kansas. He's young, only 46 y.o. Betcha he won't be impressed by the Opus Dei justices, either.

From the article:
Srnivasan, the Justice Department's principal deputy solicitor general, is an appealing candidate for the high court. He has a lot of Supreme Court experience and a moderate background. He has argued 20 cases before the high court and clerked for now-retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/who-will-next-supreme-court-justice-be-2013-4#ixzz2Q22JQfPq


Very interesting. He gets his hearing tomorrow.

Volaris

(10,260 posts)
21. From what I know of Toobin, he's a guy who knows his shit.
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 12:57 AM
Apr 2013

Even if I were to disagree with The President's choice on this matter, I would bet dollars to donuts that Toobin has got this called correctly.

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