Hillary Clinton: Next Supreme Court Justice?

[StackerKen]

updated 5 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Sen. Orrin Hatch says he's heard Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's name mentioned in connection with the Supreme Court vacancy brought about by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens.

Hatch didn't elaborate in an interview Monday. Appearing with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy on NBC's "Today" show, the Utah Republican said only, "I heard Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's name today and that would be an interesting person in the mix."

The White House dismissed speculation Monday that Clinton is a frontrunner for the job. President Barack Obama "thinks Secretary Clinton is doing an excellent job as Secretary of State and wants her to remain in that position," said spokesman Tommy Vietor, according to POLITICO.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36417661/ns/politics-supreme_court/

[k-os]

No matter who Obama appoints, it will be bad.

[freedom42]

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Another Name on President Obama's Supreme Court Short List

April 12, 2010 7:01 AM

‪Last Friday we told you that President Obama's short list of possible nominees to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the US Supreme Court contains fewer than 10 names.

We told you that 7th circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diane Wood, Solicitor General Elena Kagan, DC Court of Appeals Judge Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano are on the short, list -- and now we've learned another.

Former Georgia Supreme Court chief justice Leah Ward Sears is also on the short list, a senior White House official tells ABC News.‬‪

Sears, who will turn 55 in June, was the first female African-American chief justice in US history, and when nominated for the state supreme court by then-Gov. Zell Miller in 1992, she became the first woman and the youngest person to ever sit on the court.‬‪

She stepped down from the court last year and currently practices law at Schiff Hardin.‬‪

A graduate of Emory University Law School, Sears was on President Obama’s short list last year. A member of the left-leaning American Constitution Society, she is also a friend of conservative Justice Clarence Thomas.‬

- jpt

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/04/another-name-on-president-obamas-supreme-court-short-list.html

[Korbin Dallas]

Robert "Peter Griffin" Gibbs just announced that Hillary is not being considered and will remain Sec. of State.

[EE_]

Robert "Peter Griffin" Gibbs just announced that Hillary is not being considered and will remain Sec. of State.


I bet Billy's bummed
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