NYT: White House Vetting Appeals Court Judge For Supreme Court

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The Obama administration is vetting Jane Kelly, an appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit, as a possible successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

Kelly was unanimously confirmed by the Senate, the Times reported, which could put pressure on Republicans to break their vow not to consider any Obama nominee to the high court.

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, warmly praised Kelly’s record as a public defender in Iowa ahead of her confirmation in 2013.

Grassley, joined by his Republican colleagues, has said the Senate Judiciary Committee would not hold hearings for any nominee Obama put forward.

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  1. which could put pressure on Republicans to break their vow not to consider any Obama nominee to the high court.

    How quaint. Makes me want to sip sarsaparilla on the front porch. Atmospheric pressure has more of a chance than anything institutional.

  2. Heh.

    One of the three I was angling for.

  3. Try to continue to do your job and nominate a Supreme Court Justice.

    What else do you do with 7 years of utter obstructionism by the right in congress, 24x7 hours of Fox dis-news, and a populous that seems to have bought off to the complicity of the left into being the cause of this dis-function ?

  4. Public defender??? That means she doesn’t want America to be great again.

    Grassley didn’t notice this in 2013 because he was still trying to warn us about death panels.

  5. Sorry; she’s already been vetted by the Judiciary Committee. She’s a no go, because Obama.

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