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Showing Original Post only (View all)Poll: Who would YOU like President Obama's next pick for the Supreme Court to be? [View all]
Last edited Sat Jun 1, 2013, 02:17 PM - Edit history (2)
Long list of candidates mentioned in the past here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_Supreme_Court_candidates
Article from 2012 with a list of possibilities here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/30/politics/court-obama-list/index.html
UPDATE: A new article from May 2013 with additional possibilities (some not on the below poll) here: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/23/2044771/ten-potential-democratic-supreme-court-nominees-who-arent-named-sri-srinivasan/
(Jane Kelly, Alison Nathan, Deval Patrick, Pam Karlan, Paul Smith, Neal Katyal, Tom Perez)
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Kathryn Ruemmler, born 1971, bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Ruemmler
Goodwin Liu, born 1970, bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwin_Liu
Sri Srinivasan, born 1967, bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Srinivasan
Paul Watford, born 1967, bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Watford
Caitlin Halligan, born 1966 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Halligan
Kamala Harris, born 1964, bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris
Lisa Madigan, born 1966, bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Madigan
Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen, born 1965, bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Hong-Ngoc_Nguyen
Harold Hongju Koh, born 1954, bio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Hongju_Koh
Other
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37 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
Kathryn Ruemmler | |
2 (5%) |
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Goodwin Liu | |
5 (14%) |
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Sri Srinivasan | |
3 (8%) |
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Paul Watford | |
1 (3%) |
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Caitlin Halligan | |
1 (3%) |
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Kamala Harris | |
14 (38%) |
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Lisa Madigan | |
1 (3%) |
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Jacqueline Hong-Ngoc Nguyen | |
2 (5%) |
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Harold Hongju Koh | |
0 (0%) |
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Other | |
8 (22%) |
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0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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Poll: Who would YOU like President Obama's next pick for the Supreme Court to be? [View all]
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
OP
This is the first time a poll I've posted has gone this long with an 'Other' being posted.
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#7
Links below with bios for the folks unfamilar with Lessing, Strossen, Leiter, Kramer...
Tx4obama
Apr 2013
#20
There are probably a bunch of other reasons he wouldn't be chosen, too.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2013
#22
Well, one name that is not on that list is a person I know that certainly should be considered.
Major Hogwash
May 2013
#33
What's his name? And no one said the next one would actually be under 45 :shrug:
Tx4obama
May 2013
#34
I talked to him last year about this, and he said that he would be interested, but doubted . .
Major Hogwash
May 2013
#35
We need a black woman on this court. Kamala is not only that. More importantly, she is probably
Liberal_Stalwart71
May 2013
#39
That makes sense, but didn't Sotomayor come to court with no judicial experience?
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#45
I hope I live long enough to see 5 females and 4 males on the court. Or at least...
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#41
Should not the question be 'Who will the Presidents Corporate handlers tell him who to Nominate
YeahSureRight
Jun 2013
#44
Need two polls. Who would you like to see on the court, and who out of those who can be confirmed...
stevenleser
Jun 2013
#49
I love 2 for completely different reasons. Kamala Harris because I know exactly
DevonRex
Jun 2013
#58