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Does anyone really doubt the qualifications needed to be barack obamas pick for the supreme court??..when you consider how many different groups have their hands in the presidents pockets after the election..I do't know how far he will be able to go trying to appoint a laid off chrysler worker but you can count on the fact the appointee will have socialist leanings and will in the long run be the most un-qualified person to ever serve on the bench..I can see him appointing someone like his buddy deval patrick the current governor of taxachusetts..will he seize the opportunity to appoint someone who actually has read and understands the constitution???..I doubt it

Past appointments have given us a Supreme Court that is currently unrepresentative in these areas :

CATHOLIC:5 out of 9
(less than 24% of adults in the US are Catholic acc. to Pew poll)

MALE : 8 of 9(despite a population 50% Female)

WHITE: 8 of 9

Republican:
No Hispanics , Asian Americans, Native Americans,
No known atheists, gays, Hispanics,...and most

Ok, the guy hasn't even named anyone yet. Relax.

Republicans have NO right to complain about Obama getting a Supreme Court Appointment, or about so- called "liberal activist" Supreme Court justices. Did you know that only two of the Justices on the Supreme Court were appointed by a Democrat? The majority are Republican nominated.

Get over it. Seriously.

Bill Clnton has my nod

@ Bobby:

That all sounds great Bobby, but, you seemed to have missed a very important minority.

obama needs to nominate a third generation Eskimo transvestite amputee who speaks Nigerian, and has a Mongolian law degree.

The Republicans are going to have a field day with whoever Obama picks.

I hope that quota that you are calling meritless includes the 3 whites you mention. I know how whites believe that they are the only ones qualified for anything. Laughable to someone like me who outperformed all of my white peers in graduate school.

I wonder which attorney has enough money to buy a seat in the Supreme Court. Mr. Soros will put up the cash for the Obama library to get this pick.

"The sources close to the process say Obama has been carefully reading the research material"

Again, already light-years ahead of Bush.

How can President Obama make an appoinment to the supreme court if he doesn`t even know what it is. During the debates he gave a comment on the supreme court that didn`t even make any sense.

Bobby,
Why can't the people in your pretend appointment group have merit? There are whites, blacks, women, hispanics, Asian Americans, gays, republicans and democrats who merit consideration and appointment. Why do you assume they wouldn't be qualified too?

I'm sure the person will be useless.

Are they from chicago and part of the criminal politician group? Are they a tax cheat? If they are not in one of those 2 catagories, they will never get approved.

Lol

Wonder what far left wingnut he will suggest. Obama knows nothing except far left; no common sense.

So he finally found a gay, black, Asian-Hsipanic, disabled vet, who has voted Democratic the last 5 elections and formerly worked at the ACLU.

Yeah, former Republicans have had such successes with competent Justices like Clerance Thomas. Yeah... Republicans. I can name more jacka@#es your side has named in more recent history. I have faith that an intelligent man such as President Obama will pick an excellent Justice.

Took longer to select a family dog.

I would really like the media to stop speculating about the race/gender, etc. of the SCOTUS nominee. The selection should be made based on competence first, race last! The last Justice selected based on race was Clarence Thomas by Bush Sr. He turned out to be the laziest, most partisan, most incompetent person ever on that court, completely shaming Thurgood Marshall, the person he replaced.
Competence first!

The candidate should be well qualified with good experience and pragmatic. The candidate's gender and race should not matter,except politically.

Yep, Bobby, you're right–front-runners Diane Wood, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan have no merit whatsoever. Why would Obama ever consider one of the most intellectually rigorous, yet polite, judges of the Seventh Circuit; a self-made judge from arguably the most well-respected circuit, the Second, in the country; or an accomplished and young professional whose job is to argue cases in front of the Supreme Court?

Here's a challenge for all you ignorant hacks who decry the lack of "merit" in Obama's front-runners–pick an appeals judge and explain coherently to me why he or she has more "merit" than Diane Wood (my personal favorite). Maybe then I'll take you seriously.

We need a federal law that the US Supreme Court represent ALL Americans, not just males.

That means the Court should be made up of over 50 percent women (women make up 53% of the population in America).

Look at this photo. All guys except one woman.

How can they represent females? Especially regarding abortion rights?

Notice when you see a march against abortion rights that there are usually more men than women in the march.

Wonder why?

Since W did not replace O'Connor with a female justice there will be additional pressure on Obama to name a woman. The Hispanic theme is credible in many ways and such a appointment to address those tandem concerns would be welcome. The good part of this decision is the breath of quality applicants who are women. So, I look toward a hispanic/women nominee to address those imblances. From my perspective the best choice from a unusual deep field of qualified applicants is Sullivan the former Dean of Stanford U and Kagan the solicitor general. If an hispanic is chosen then there is time to continue to make the court reflective of the country by appointing a third women then. The imbalance on the court has gone unadressed too long. Justice and common sense dictate a female nominee

NEWS FLASH!!! Something might happen next week...if it does we will be there ti distort with fake headlines. Republicans throughout congress are getting the NO keys on their computers tuned up ...

Hola Senior Obama,

I can't imagine who ju are considering for dis job. Holy fritos will we all be shocked if ju pick a hispanic chica!

Wow, what great journalism! You said two weeks ago that we would know as early as Monday of the following week. Now it's "as early as next week?" I won't be holding my breath.

It will most likely be some shady character. Why? Because Obama himself is the shadiest of all characters.

Well, this Supreme Court decision has certainly gotten me upset with Obama. Again, I'll say it should be a qualified Hispanic woman. I just don't appreciate the fact Obama NEVER considered (at least its not being reported) interviewing a black woman. He received 92% black vote. Maybe this means nothing to him anymore but he will certainly need our vote again. I feel insulted and passed over. Please don't think I regret voting for and supporting him because he is still the best person for the job right now and McCain/palin were simply disgusting and disgraceful. I have placed Obama on the fence now and I will NOT forget this-the next time around.

Preliminary congratulations to the Hispanic community. I'm glad you got your chance.

Count on the Repukes to turn the confirmation into a partisan food fight. As usual, the adhominems will be vicious and personal, and have nothing to do with legal qualifications, substance or even the truth.

Bobby:

Quota on his comment:

Racist: 1
Sexist: 1
Homophobic: 1
Intelligent: 0

Picking a supreme court justice is one of the most important job any president can do, because they are there for their entire life. so why would he mess this up, and of course the Republicans can and will do everything in there power to get a neo-con on the bench, it should always be equal

If Obama making a choice for the Supreme Court does not scare you,just look at the choices he has made for the lesser positions,Biden for VP, Geithner for assistant Sec. of Treasury (Emmanual is running the show), Holder (represented the terroist at GITMO) are the worst of the lot, most are tax cheats and all have questionable backgrounds. Looking at his past America is in for a real character on this choice>

I wonder if Democrats would think it's perfectly all right for Republicans to try to filibuster Obama's nominee, the way the Democrats did with Bush's?

Naw, that's silly. Democrats would never tolerate being held to the same standards which they apply to others.

[...] President Obama’s Supreme Court choice is likely to be announced next week.  According to Political Ticker, a top “aide to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy told fellow Democrats on Friday to get [...]

moderate please – - no one too liberal or too conservative.

I personally hope that Obama picks the opposite of Roberts and Alito....that would be fair. Of course we all know the GOP is never concerned about fair....just right wing nutjobs.

Obama should pick who he wants and it won't matter because I guarantee that whover it is will not be good enough for the conservatives.

Who cares they had their turn now it is Obama's....and there is nothing that the right wing pundits can do about it.

i think Obama should appoint Michelle Obama. She's a woman, she's black, she's a lawyer, she is obviously wicked smart and she's down to earth. Too bad that could never happen.

pointless to care–its clear it will be socialistic

I guess his pick will be a Iranian Muslim who adheres to Shiria law and hates the U.S.A.

All this talk. All this double-talk. Who said what?

I can't wait to see who Obama will nominate. I'm sure it will be an over qualified, extremely experienced and intelligent person that will make the radical Repubs go freakin' nuts – it will be priceless!
Boner and Beck will start crying, the Dick will snarl and gnash his fangs, Limpball will bounce and jiggle all over his mic, and the inSanity and O'Really twins will spew false indignation hour upon hour – let the circus begin!

Without even knowing who the pick will be, the Republicans have already declared it to be unacceptable. The confirmation process should be entertaining, although I don't think it will match the whole Anita Hill, coke can, pubic hair thing we went through several years back.........that would be hard to top.

Quota for Appointment of Supreme Court Justices:

White: 3
Black: 2
Women: 2
Hispanics: 1
Asian American: 1
Gay: 1
Republican: 3
Democrat: 3
Merit: 0