May 1st, 2009 // comments (0)

Who Will Replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter?

Let the speculation begin.

Among those who might make the list of replacements: incoming solicitor general Elena Kagan, formerly the dean of the Harvard Law School, Cass Sunstein, a brilliant constitutional law prof who now works at Obama’s Office of Management and Budget, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, appelate judge Diane Wood, and Leah Ward Sears, the chief justice of Georgia’s Supreme Court. A dark horse might be Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York. If Obama has a short list, it is probably much longer than mine, and includes many judges I haven’t considered.

Ambinder also suggests the Vice President may play a big role in this process. The question is, how long will it take Biden to make a complete mockery of the entire event? A week?

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