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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 03:31 PM
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AP - Source: Judge Sidney Thomas on Supreme Court list
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Judge Sidney Thomas, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nominated by William J. Clinton on July 19, 1995
56 Years Old


WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's candidates for the Supreme Court include a new name, federal appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana, and at least six others who were considered contenders when Obama chose his first high court nominee last year, The Associated Press has learned.

Among the others under consideration are former Georgia Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears, federal appeals court judges Diane Wood and Merrick Garland, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.

The president is seriously reviewing about 10 people as a potential nominee to replace Justice John Paul Stevens, who is retiring this summer.

Seven of those names are now confirmed to the AP by the admistration.

A senior administration official said the president's consideration is not just centered on the three people receiving the most public attention: Wood, Kagan and Garland. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcements have been made about the people Obama is considering for the court.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100412/ap_on_go_su_co/us_obama_supreme_court_8
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 03:31 PM
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1. Who are the missing 3?
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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 03:33 PM
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2. Can't we get some 20 year-olds?
To outlast any of the current Republican assholes currently on the bench.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 03:42 PM
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4. Obama hasn't done very well about that so far
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FBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 04:04 PM
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6. Not old enough.
I get the point... But you can't rely on someone's judicial/political philosophy to remain where it was in their 20s.

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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 04:17 PM
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8. Actually I have read that overall that stays the same
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 04:09 PM
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7. I nominate Miley Cyrus. n/t
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 03:38 PM
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3. I'd like to see Granholm or Kagan, or some one else
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WeDidIt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 03:46 PM
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5. Thomas is WAY too old
Fifty-seven is too old for an appointment to the SCOTUS.
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4lbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 04:27 PM
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9. All the people President Obama is considering are in their 50s.
Sotomayor will be 56 in June.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 04:30 PM
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10. Appeals court tosses out 111 death sentences in 2003, Thomas authored the ruling:
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Citing a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that only juries can impose the death penalty, a federal appeals court overturned 111 death sentences Tuesday that had been imposed by judges in Arizona, Idaho and Montana.

In an 8-3 vote, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California, said inmates sent to death row by judges should have their sentences commuted to life in prison. ..

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/09/02/death.penalty/index.html?iref=allsearch
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BurtWorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 04:31 PM
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11. Hey! Repubs will go for him. He's a white man!
:thumbsup:
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 04:38 PM
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12. The 9th is one of the best --
circuits in the country -- pretty consistantly forewaed looking as jurists. Many of their decisions have later been overturned. Now I have to look at where this guy has voted on some of the bigger cases they have looked at.
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