May 18th, 2009 // comments (0)

Will Obama Choose A Canadian For The U.S. Supreme Court?

She’s on Obama’s short list. She’s the Governor of Michigan. And she’s Canadian.

Could Jennifer Granholm be the first Canadian to serve on the United States Supreme Court. As far as I can tell, the only other foreigner to serve on the Court was an Austrian-born man named Felix Frankfurter. He was appointed to serve on the nation’s most powerful stage by FDR. But Granholm (along with the two openly-gay women supposedly on the President’s short list) would be a risky choice. Sure, she’s young. But does a President who struggles to connect with folks in the fly-over states really want to choose a Canadian over one of the many qualified Americans for the post?

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