Supreme Court possibilities if Romney wins election

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/30/politics/court-romney-list/index.html

Supreme Court possibilities if Romney wins election
By Bill Mears

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
Born 1965. Began his job May 2006 in a court that has seen several of its former members make the jump to the Supreme Court. A former top official in the George W. Bush White House. His nomination to a federal appeals court for the D.C. circuit was held up for three years by Democrats. Senators Patrick Leahy and Richard Durbin later accused Kavanaugh of misleading the Judiciary Committee during his confirmation over whether he helped formulate policy on the detention and questioning of accused terrorists held overseas by the U.S. military. He is relatively young and considered one of the brightest conservative legal minds. He co-authored the Starr Report investigation of President Bill Clinton and clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy and conservative appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski.

Sen. Mike Lee, Republican from Utah
Born 1971. The youngest U.S. senator and rising GOP star may have the best credentials of any lawmaker to be a justice. Like Romney, he is Mormon. Lee is a former appellate and constitutional lawyer in Utah and Washington, who once clerked for then-Judge Samuel Alito. His father, Rex, is a former U.S. solicitor general and founding dean at Brigham Young Law School. Lee faces re-election 2016 and may feel obliged to complete his first Senate term before considering any judicial seat.

Judge Steven Colloton, 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, works in Des Moines, Iowa
Born 1963. Appointed by George W. Bush and former law clerk to the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist. He is a former Justice Department lawyer, U.S. Attorney in Iowa, and lawyer in the Starr Independent Counsel investigation of President Bill Clinton.

Judge Allyson Duncan, 4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, works in Raleigh, North Carolina
Born 1951. Appointed by George W. Bush. First African-American woman on that court. Strong resume: Duke University Law School, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission attorney -- where she worked with Clarence Thomas. Law professor and private attorney. ...

[catbyte]

1. Where's Bork? he & Romney are really tight

Who knows what could happen?

[sadbear]

2. If Romney is somehow elected, I suppose he could do a lot worse than a black woman

provided she is qualified (see Thomas, Clarence.)

[Rowdyboy]

3. What a horrifying post. I can't imagine ANYONE saying there's no difference in Obama and Rmoney

after reading this.

Thank you for the warning.

[davidpdx]

4. I'm sure he has a Harriet Myers or two on his list

That are his cronies. Lee wouldn't make sense since he was just elected to the Senate and the margin will be close in terms of control.

He won't get that far anyway. The day after the election he'll be curled up in the fetal position in the closet crying for mommy.

[Tx4obama]

5. We were talking about President Obama's next pick for the Supreme Court here at the house tonight

we came to the consensus that there would be only a slim chance that anyone born before 1960 would be appointed.

So, in my opinion, if the next justice is appointed two or three years from now I doubt anyone that was born in the 1940s or early/mid 1950s would be picked.

Sonia Sottomayor was born in 1955 (but was appointed over three years ago) and Elena Kagan was born in 1960.

If President Obama is the one doing the appointing then a couple of folks that probably will show up on his list to consider might be:

Caitlin Halligan, born 1966 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caitlin_Halligan

Goodwin Liu, born 1970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwin_Liu

[Tx4obama]

6. And also another name floating around as a possible Obama pick is: Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris, born 1964 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris