List of People that could sit on SCOTUS
Since Antonin Scalia's death on the 13th, the media talking heads and politicos have been in a flutter with a various ideas of whom Obama will nominate to the High Court. These ideas range from the possible to the bizarre. Here are the names that seen so far in no particular order. As more names roll in, I will update the list.
- Sri Srinivasan AP, CBS, CNN, FN, MSNBC, NBC, NPR, NYT, NYT2, P, S, USAT, V, WSJ, YN
- Merrick Garland AP, CBS, CNN, FN, MSNBC, NPR, NBC, NYT, NYT2, P, S, USAT, V, WSJ, YN
- Patricia Millett AP, CBS, FN, MSNBC, NBC, NPR, NYT, S, USAT
- Paul Watford CBS, FN, MSNBC, NBC, NPR, NYT2, P, S, USAT, V, WSJ
- Kamala Harris AP, CBS, FN, NPR, NYT, NYT2, S, USAT
- Loretta Lynch AP, FN, NBC, P, S, SB, WSJ, YN
- Jacqueline Nguyen AP, CBS, FN, NPR, NYT, S, USAT, V
- Jane Kelly AP, CNN, FN, NPR, NYT2, S, USAT, V, WSJ
- Amy Klobuchar AP, CNN, CBS, USAT, V
- David Barron FN, NPR, S
- Cory Booker CBS, NYT, USAT
- Jeh Johnson AP, YN
- Robert Wilkins AP, S
- Sheldon Whitehouse USAT
- Adalberto Jordan NYT2
- Neal Katyal YN
- Don Verrilli YN
- Eric Holder YN
- Charles Wilson YN
- Pam Karlan V
- Orrin Hatch AP
- Kathryn Ruemmler FN
- Diane Wood FN
- Goodwin Liu S
- Kannon Shanmugam NPR
- Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar NPR
- Barack Obama
Sources
- AP :: Who Obama Might Nominate to Replace Scalia on Supreme Court. (14 Feb 2016). Associated Press via The Blaze.
- CBS :: Flores, Reena (14 Feb 2016). Who are the top SCOTUS candidates to replace Scalia?. CBS News.
- CNN :: de Vogue, Ariane & Dan Berman (14 Feb 2016). Whom could President Obama nominate to replace Justice Antonin Scalia?. CNN.
- FN :: Mears, Bill (15 Feb 2016). Supreme Court Short List? Deep bench of potential nominees to succeed Scalia. Fox News.
- MSNBC Coleburn, Christina (15 Feb 2016). Speculation begins over Scalia replacement. MSNBC.
- NBC :: Supreme Court Vacancy: Who's on President Obama's Shortlist to Replace Scalia?. (13 Feb 2016) NBC News.
- NPR :: Domonoske, Camila (17 Feb 2016). Who Are The Possible Candidates To Fill Scalia's Seat?. National Public Radio.
- NYT :: Potential Supreme Court Nominees. (14 Feb 2016) New York Times.
- NYT2 :: Savage, Charlie (14 Feb 2016). Potential Nominees Obama May Consider to Fill Antonin Scalia’s Seat. New York Times.
- P :: Gerstine, Josh (14 Feb 2016). Obama's Supreme Court short list. Politico.
- S :: Lithwick Dahlia (13 Feb 2016). Obama’s Supreme Court Shortlist. Slate.
- SB :: Goldstein, Tom (14 Feb 2016). How the politics of the next nomination will play out. SCOTUS Blog.
- USAT :: Wolf, Richard (15 Feb 2016). Who could replace Scalia? Here are 10 names USA Today.
- V :: Matthews, Dylan (13 Feb 2016). Who will Obama choose to replace Antonin Scalia? Here are 7 of the strongest candidates. Vox.
- WSJ :: Kendall, Brent (15 Feb 2016). With the GOP Primed for a Fight, List of Possible Nominees Shrinks. Wall Street Journal.
- YN :: Knox, Oliver (13 Feb 2016). Supreme Court Justice Scalia dies. Yahoo News.