Supreme Court prospect profiles, names floated citing WH sources to date

[usregimechange]

Judge Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Nominated by William J. Clinton on January 7, 1997
57 Years Old



Judge Diane Pamela Wood, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Nominated by William J. Clinton on March 31, 1995
59 Years Old



Elena Kagan, US Solicitor General
Nominated by by Barack Obama on January 5, 2009
49 Years Old



Leah Ward Sears, Retired Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
54 Years Old



Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan
51 Years Old



Janet Napolitano, US Secretary of Homeland Security
52 Years Old



Martha Minow, Dean Harvard Law
55 Years Old



Cass R. Sunstein, Administrator, White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence, Law School and Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
55 Years Old



Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts
53 Years Old


Who do you hope gets the nod and who do you think will?

I predicted Kagan months ago but wish we could send up Wood 10 years ago.

[Grand Taurean]

1. There is NO WAY I would ever support Cass Sunstein.

Wood and Kagan look like good choices.

[county worker]

2. I sure as hell hope Obama doesn't think that a justice appointment is a bipartisan.

undertaking!

[saracat]

3. A Lot of Governors and a former governor. Wonder why that is?

Not that many judges. Hmmm.

[Bluebear]

4. Granholm used pensions to force retirement of experienced teachers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=7966531

No.

At first glance, Leah Sears would be an attractive choice to me.

[jaksavage]

5. They look great

Lets have them replace the ones currently serving.

[DefenseLawyer]

6. If he wouldn't appoint a liberal when he had 60 votes...

he obviously isn't going to appoint one now.

[usregimechange]

8. I think he will, not a Liu/Karlan liberal but a Breyer liberal, which...

is plenty good as far as I am concerned.

[mzteris]

7. anyone but a white male

any minority, either sex - but no old white guy. I'm sick of them being the "face" of America.

Oh - and make goddamn sure they're not some fundamentalist religious nutcase.