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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

“Obama considering as many as 10 candidates for high court opening”: This article appears today in The Washington Post. The newspaper also has an update headlined “Senate Democrats’ wish list for high court: Someone with non-Ivy background.”

Wednesday’s edition of The Los Angeles Times will contain an article headlined “Obama casts wide net with list of possible Supreme Court nominees; Advisors are calling for a nontraditional choice to replace Justice John Paul Stevens, someone who isn’t a product of top-tier Ivy League schools or hasn’t worked as a federal appeals judge.” Today’s newspaper reports that “GOP looks beyond court pick; Control of Congress may be a higher priority than fighting Obama’s nominee.” And columnist Jonah Goldberg has an op-ed entitled “Empathy and the Supreme Court: Obama’s abstract standard is nothing more than state-sanctioned prejudice.”

The Detroit News has an update headlined “Granholm reportedly on Supreme Court short list.”

Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has an article headlined “For the next Supreme Court justice, check the playbook.”

Tony Mauro and David Ingram of The National Law Journal report that “White House Said to Be Widening Search for High Court Nominee.”

Reuters has reports headlined “Obama to meet Republicans on U.S. Supreme Court job; Obama wants support in both parties for any nominee” and “Leahy sees confirmation for Supreme Court nominee.”

Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press reports that “Groups look for tea party support on nomination.”

Bloomberg News has reports headlined “Obama Shuns the Left as White House Mulls U.S. High Court Slot” and “Democrats to Move Judicial Nominees as High Court Battle Looms.” In addition, columnist Ann Woolner has an essay entitled “‘Socialist’ Obama to Move Supreme Court to Right.”

CQ Politics has reports headlined “Democrats Warn Against GOP ‘Obstruction’ on Judicial Nominees” and “Vacancy Reignites Campaign Finance Battle.”

And The Hill reports that “Sens. Klobuchar, Whitehouse rule out Supreme Court.”

Posted at 10:18 PM by Howard Bashman