Jeffrey Toobin: “The next Supreme Court confirmation hearing begins on Wednesday afternoon, April 10th. Technically, Sri Srinivasan is just a candidate for the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, but few are misled. The stakes in this nomination are clear: if Srinivasan passes this test and wins confirmation, he’ll be on the Supreme Court before President Obama’s term ends.”
“Srinivasan, who is forty-six years old, is currently the Obama
Administration’s principal deputy solicitor general. He’s had twenty or
so arguments in the Supreme Court, including part of the
Administration’s attack on the Defense of Marriage Act last month.”