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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 04:57 PM
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9 now known for SCOTUS short list according to MSM citing gov sources
Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 05:04 PM by usregimechange
In no particular order:

1 Leah Ward Sears, Former Georgia Chief Justice
2 Judge Diane Wood, 7th Circuit
3 Judge Merrick Garland, DC Circuit
4 Elena Kagan, Solicitor General
5 Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Governor
6 Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security Secretary
7 Judge Sidney Thomas, 9th Circuit
8 Martha Minow, Dean Harvard Law School
9 Elizabeth Warren, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel
10 ?


Sources:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/12/new-names-being-added-to-short-list-for-high-court-vacancy/?fbid=DBW98GFS4Zp
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100412/ap_on_go_su_co/us_obama_supreme_court_8

Not sure if there is a tenth.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:02 PM
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1. Do there have to be 10?
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:04 PM
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3. edited, the sources say "about ten."
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:05 PM
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7. There just have to be enough for Obama to pick from.
Getting these 9 vetted by the media is a start.
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napi21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:02 PM
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2. OH MAN! My vote goes to Liz Warren! She's smart, knows the laws,
aand doesn't take BS from anyone! She's also a very logical thinker & could get follow justices to vote with her opinion.
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abelenkpe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:05 PM
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5. I like her too
But would prefer if she continue going after wall street. If anyone can get that mess straightened out, it would be her.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:05 PM
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6. She was also born in 1949
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Grand Taurean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:04 PM
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4. If it's Justice Sears, will she be followed by Justices Macys, Kroger, and McDonalds?
Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 05:04 PM by Grand Taurean
:hide:
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:07 PM
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8. was Sotomayor on the previous "list of 10"?
prior to her nomination?
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4lbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:16 PM
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10. Yes she was.
Her name came up soon after the November 2008 election.

Several law journals and M$M reports had her name a few days after Souter's announced resignation.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/who_will_replace_justice_souter

http://www.esquire.com/features/75-most-influential/obama-supreme-court-pick-1008

http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cfm?id=311344
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:13 PM
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9. No openly gay Pamela Karlan? I'm shocked!
Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 05:21 PM by Bluebear
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:00 PM
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13. Elena Kagan is openly gay. nt
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:34 PM
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19. She is? Source?
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:39 PM
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21. Here you go.
"Similar concerns are being expressed over the nomination of Elena Kagan to Solicitor General. Kagan, who is openly gay, is being denounced for her support of open service for gay military personnel."

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/aroundtheworld/2009/02/fury-over-obamas-gay-affirming-justice-picks/
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:42 PM
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22. That isn't AP and I have never read this before, looking for confirmation...
Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 06:42 PM by usregimechange
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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:49 PM
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23. I don't know if it's going to show up in any AP profiles just yet.
From what I've heard, she likes to keep her private life private, so though it's not really a secret that she has a female partner she also doesn't make a big deal out of it. Hence it's mostly only known to people who attended Harvard Law School during her deanship, and people in the gay community.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:58 PM
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25. interesting, I like her more now, she may know more about being a minority than from her...
experiences being a woman in our culture.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-13-10 12:17 AM
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35. Besides Karlan, there's Kathleen Sullivan she's openly gay too but not on the list yet n/t
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LonePirate Donating Member (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:28 PM
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11. Chances are it won't be any of these nine so it's probably best not to waste time on the short lists
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:35 PM
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20. I bet it will, these are the names left unless the source is wrong
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iris27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:40 PM
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26. Sotomayor was on most of the media-speculation short lists
prior to her appointment,
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Tippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 05:36 PM
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12. 10, Al Gore.......
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:04 PM
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14. I have to admit it's me
Please keep it quiet.
Also, don't call because I want to keep my phone clear just in case....
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:05 PM
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15. I like the estrogen levels of this list. n/t
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iris27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:41 PM
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27. Me too.
:)
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 11:53 PM
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33. I would be willing to bet he sends another woman to SCOTUS
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dems_rightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:06 PM
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16. That's not a short list
4 is the maximum on a short list.
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frazzled Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:22 PM
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17. I vote for Martha Minow
Why is no one else talking about her? She'd be great.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:33 PM
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18. I don't know much about her, can you fill us in?
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frazzled Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 06:55 PM
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24. Well, according to her official bio
She is dean of the Harvard Law School, and has taught there since 1981. "An expert in human rights and advocacy for members of racial and religious minorities and for women, children, and persons with disabilities, she also writes and teaches about privatization, military justice, and ethnic and religious conflict." She's published a slew of books (which is maybe not a good thing for a nomination procedure), including Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence, Just Schools: Pursuing Equality in Societies of Difference, and Family Matters: Readings in Family Lives and the Law. She served on the Independent International Commission Kosovo ... well, go read it yourself here:

http://www.law.harvard.edu/about/dean/dean-bio.html

She is the daughter of Newton Minow, who was JFK's FCC Chairman and who famously called television a "vast cultural wasteland" (what would he think today!). Besides, she has a nice smile

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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 07:50 PM
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28. I've read that, I want to know what isn't in her offcial bio, like that tid bit about her dad...
Edited on Mon Apr-12-10 08:04 PM by usregimechange
she is as hard to research as Garland.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 11:57 PM
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34. There's also a page Minow page on Wikipedia
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 08:08 PM
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29. There are quite a bit of folks on that list to like, and like a lot,
especially in view of a list of nine names that might have been compiled for a President McCain's next SCOTUS nom.

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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 11:18 PM
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30. I'm upset that Harold Koh hasn't made it onto the list yet ;( n/t
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 11:29 PM
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31. He has been floated but not confirmed by an internal source, yet.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 11:42 PM
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32. Yep, I know.
Politico and Wall Street Journal had him on their lists last Friday.
Here's a link that has some tidbits of trivia in the comments section that might interest you:
http://www.demconwatchblog.com/diary/3354/the-next-supreme-court-justice-poll
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