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* Sonia Sotomayor, 54, a judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York. Sotomayor, a graduate of Yale Law, would be a hit with two political constituencies given her Hispanic heritage. Her ruling against baseball's owners ended a long-running player strike that wiped out the 1994 World Series.
* Elena Kagan, 49, is the solicitor general, appointed by Obama to argue cases before the Supreme Court, and a former dean of the Harvard Law School. She served as associate counsel to President Bill Clinton and as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and taught at the University of Chicago Law School, where Obama also taught.
* Diane Wood, 58, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, also knows Obama from teaching at the University of Chicago Law School. She has been targeted at times by conservative groups for her defense of abortion rights, creating a potentially difficult confirmation process. She served in the Justice Department's Antitrust Division during the Clinton administration.
* Jennifer Granholm, 50, governor of Michigan, is a Harvard Law graduate and former attorney general who is a Democratic Party star but whose popularity at home has been hammered by the state's difficult economic conditions.
* Janet Napolitano, 51, is homeland security secretary and the former governor of Arizona. A former state attorney general and U.S. attorney for Arizona, she is a former corporate lawyer and was on the team that represented Anita Hill at the the contentious 1991 confirmation hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas.
* Carlos Moreno, 60, is the only man included on the early White House list. A former Los Angeles city attorney and U.S. District Court judge, he was appointed to the California Supreme Court in 2001 and is often seen as the court's most liberal voice. He supported the court's 4-3 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
The White House says other candidates are also under consideration. Here are some other frequently mentioned possibilities:
* Kathleen Sullivan, 53, director of Stanford's Constitutional Law Center, is a strong abortion rights advocate and a former dean of Stanford Law School. She would be the first openly gay justice.
* Leah Ward Sears, 53, is chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and the first black woman to serve as a state chief justice in the United States.
* Deval Patrick, 52, governor of Massachusetts, is a friend of Obama's and an assistant attorney general in the Clinton Justice Department. The second elected black governor in the United States once worked at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund but he has had his share of political troubles at home. Continued...
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/ObamaEconomy/idUSTRE54P2L220090526?feedType=RSS&feedName=ObamaEconomy&virtualBrandChannel=10441
* Elena Kagan, 49, is the solicitor general, appointed by Obama to argue cases before the Supreme Court, and a former dean of the Harvard Law School. She served as associate counsel to President Bill Clinton and as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, and taught at the University of Chicago Law School, where Obama also taught.
* Diane Wood, 58, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, also knows Obama from teaching at the University of Chicago Law School. She has been targeted at times by conservative groups for her defense of abortion rights, creating a potentially difficult confirmation process. She served in the Justice Department's Antitrust Division during the Clinton administration.
* Jennifer Granholm, 50, governor of Michigan, is a Harvard Law graduate and former attorney general who is a Democratic Party star but whose popularity at home has been hammered by the state's difficult economic conditions.
* Janet Napolitano, 51, is homeland security secretary and the former governor of Arizona. A former state attorney general and U.S. attorney for Arizona, she is a former corporate lawyer and was on the team that represented Anita Hill at the the contentious 1991 confirmation hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas.
* Carlos Moreno, 60, is the only man included on the early White House list. A former Los Angeles city attorney and U.S. District Court judge, he was appointed to the California Supreme Court in 2001 and is often seen as the court's most liberal voice. He supported the court's 4-3 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.
The White House says other candidates are also under consideration. Here are some other frequently mentioned possibilities:
* Kathleen Sullivan, 53, director of Stanford's Constitutional Law Center, is a strong abortion rights advocate and a former dean of Stanford Law School. She would be the first openly gay justice.
* Leah Ward Sears, 53, is chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and the first black woman to serve as a state chief justice in the United States.
* Deval Patrick, 52, governor of Massachusetts, is a friend of Obama's and an assistant attorney general in the Clinton Justice Department. The second elected black governor in the United States once worked at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund but he has had his share of political troubles at home. Continued...
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/ObamaEconomy/idUSTRE54P2L220090526?feedType=RSS&feedName=ObamaEconomy&virtualBrandChannel=10441
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P.S. Some particulars about these candidates:
* Sonia Sotomayor, graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School
* Sonia Sotomayor, graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School
* Elena Kagan, attended Oxford University (The University of Oxford is a member of the Russell Group of research-led British universities.....For more than a century, it has served as the home of the Rhodes Scholarship,)
* Diane Wood, professor of law at Georgetown University from 1980 to 1981
* Jennifer Granholm, Roman Catholic (Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
* Janet Napolitano, She graduated from Santa Clara University (Jesuit)
Source of all these stats: Wikipedia
The question is: What do they all have in common?
Will Obama pick a rose from the bunch or what?
Arsenio.
