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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/16/470643431/-i-ve-made-my-decision-on-supreme-court-nominee-president-obama-says
Obama's selection for Supreme Court Justice. He seems kind of vanilla (not in a racist way, but in a political way).
I guess there are two ways to go with the nomination:
1) Select someone with your party's political leanings (Sotomayor) and move the legal enviornment in a direction favorable to the party but risk outright rejection (Sotomayor).
2) Select someone closer to the center and increase the liklihood for approval - at least with a sane congress, but risk swing votes on important legal cases with significant political ramifications (Kennedy?)
It sounds like Obama is going with option 2 here. I know it's early but I'm not sure about this guy, yet. He's from Chicago so it also seems like kind of a homer pick.
Anyone know anything about him?
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Obama's selection for Supreme Court Justice. He seems kind of vanilla (not in a racist way, but in a political way).
I guess there are two ways to go with the nomination:
1) Select someone with your party's political leanings (Sotomayor) and move the legal enviornment in a direction favorable to the party but risk outright rejection (Sotomayor).
2) Select someone closer to the center and increase the liklihood for approval - at least with a sane congress, but risk swing votes on important legal cases with significant political ramifications (Kennedy?)
It sounds like Obama is going with option 2 here. I know it's early but I'm not sure about this guy, yet. He's from Chicago so it also seems like kind of a homer pick.
Anyone know anything about him?
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