Appellate judges Garland, Srinivasan considered for U.S. top court: NYT

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Source: Reuters

World | Sat Mar 5, 2016 12:24pm EST

Appellate judges Garland, Srinivasan considered for U.S. top court: NYT

WASHINGTON

The White House is vetting federal appellate judges Merrick Garland and Sri Srinivasan as possible nominees to the Supreme Court to replace late Justice Antonin Scalia, the New York Times reported on Friday.

The FBI has been conducting background checks on Garland and Srinivasan, the Times said, citing a person with knowledge of the process. Scalia, a long-serving conservative justice, died on Feb. 13.

Srinivasan, 49, has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals since he was confirmed on a 97-0 bipartisan vote in the U.S. Senate in May 2013. As a senior Justice Department lawyer in 2013, he was part of the legal team that successfully urged the high court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, a law that restricted the definition of marriage to heterosexual couples for the purposes of federal benefits.

Garland, 63, was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1997 and became the chief judge in 2013.

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1. IMO Srinivasan would be an exceptional choice.

Not only is he extraordinarily bright , but putting an Indian-American on the court would greatly add to the Court's diversity. Plus, being confirmed 97-0 to the second highest, generally Conservative court in the land makes it very hard for the Repugs to come up with any convincing arguments to reject him.

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2. Srinivasan's name has come up over the years. I like it that he is young...

The Court is going to take a long time to get turned around.

Also, having been confirmed unanimously by the Senate for his current position means that once again Cool Hand POTUS is going to make the GOP controlled Senate look like the obstructionist idiots they are.

I love it.