Sri Srinivasan, Key Obama Judicial Nominee, Confirmed By Senate

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The vote is significant for several reasons. Srinivasan is the first D.C. Circuit nominee confirmed since 2006; Obama has been hoping to shift the conservative tilt of the court, which is poised to rule on several key elements of his second-term agenda in the months ahead.

With the vote, Srinivasan also becomes a front-runner to be nominated for a Supreme Court vacancy should one arise in the next three years. Four of the Supreme Court’s current nine justices served on the D.C. Circuit. Srinivasan will be the first circuit court judge of South Asian descent in history.

By agreeing to vote on Srinivasan’s nomination Thursday, rather than postponing it until early June, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell kept Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from invoking the so-called “nuclear option,” which would allow filibusters to be broken by a simple majority vote.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/05/23/sri-srinivasan-to-get-confirmation-vote-thursday-afternoon/

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