Sri Srinavasin for Supreme Court, know why?

[randys1]

Padmanabhan Srikanth "Sri" Srinivasan is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 97–0 on May 23, 2013. Wikipedia

What would be the excuse to pass him 97-0 and now not?

[Hekate]

1. Good catch.

[tularetom]

2. Good point

On the other hand, I can't pronounce his name.

[itsrobert]

3. Obama is hinting.. Says Scalia was born to an immigrant family

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[DFW]

4. One other advantage

Except for Bobby Jindal and Nikki Haley, there isn't a Republican alive who could rant against him because none of them could ever pronounce his name.

[truebluegreen]

5. They'll just go with the tried-and-true

Furriner! Muslin! or some such.

[DFW]

8. Obama can just come back with a one line zinger

Look, people, the American voters overwhelmingly voted twice for a president named Barack Obama. You this they are gonna be fazed by THIS?

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. Repubs are saying that he will be the nominee

[frazzled]

12. Well, there's good reason not to believe the Republicans

They're known to employ the Br'er Rabbit ploy of reverse psychology: "Oh, please Br'er Fox, do anything but don't throw me in that brier patch!"

I think it may have to be someone like him, though. Someone without a long paper trail, with perfect integrity, and kind of inscrutable. It won't be someone we know. Because if we knew him or her, it would mean they'd done enough to have a track record the Republicans would tear apart with great cunning and twisting of facts.

[exboyfil]

7. Do you want to nominate him?

He might actually get confirmed, but would that be a good thing. Here is some opinions from Mother Jones at his last confirmation.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/who-sri-srinivasan-supreme-court

"I don't think anybody is going to suggest that he's being put forth as the next Thurgood Marshall or Justice Brennan. He does not come out of that kind of background," says Caroline Fredrickson, president of the progressive American Constitution Society. But, she argues, he is "extremely well qualified" and "probably has the perfect resume for anyone who would be nominated to the DC Circuit." Doug Kendall, president of the liberal Constitutional Accountability Center, calls Srinivasan "unquestionably brilliant" but acknowledges that Srinivasan's record "is not progressive-forward; it is as non-ideological as you can find." (Neither organization has formally endorsed Srinivasan's nomination).

He has not been a judge for long. He really can't tell his opinions on progressive issues from his law work (both corporate and for the administration).

Anyone know any key decisions he has made since becoming a judge?

[randys1]

9. Actually I want

Van Jones

[cascadiance]

10. I'd like to study his record more...

If we were to pass the TPP next year, I wonder if he'd rule on cases where our laws, etc. get affected by ISDS and WTO courts, etc. and perhaps on cases like H-1B visas. It would be interesting to see how he might rule on such cases, if there are past rulings he's had on international trade and on immigration.

If he's decent and rules fairly that might just make him an even better selection, to continue to help draw the lines of our party not being the one motivated by xenophobic attitudes, that might pollute the GOP senators opinions if they try to vote against him.

[UTUSN]

11. TOOBIN is pumping hard and non-stop for him. n/t