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One of These Three Judges Is About to Become President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Andrew Holmbeck

Three men, no women, are on President Barack Obama’s short list to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court. All three are federal appeals court judges, Reuters reports. The three are Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Judge Sri Srinivasan, also of the D.C. Court of […]

One-third of all U.S. presidents appointed a Supreme Court justice in an election year

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Andrew Holmbeck

Eminent Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously described his fellow judges as “nine scorpions in a bottle,” but now they are reduced to eight. Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing had hardly been made public when Republicans began proclaiming that President Obama should not appoint the late justice’s successor. President Obama countered that he would perform […]