Mulligan: Pick the next Supreme Court nominee.. again!

[alnorth]

Bios of non-white-male people rumored to be on short list, in alphabetical order:

Alice Batchelder (http://air.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=116)

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I27417-2003Jun07

Judicial Record:

1985 - Confirmed to the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
1991 - Confirmed to the 6th Circuit US Court of Appeals

Janice Rogers Brown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_Rogers_Brown)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Judge_brown_sacramento.jpg/300px-Judge_brown_sacramento.jpg

Judicial Record:

1994 - Appointed to the California 3rd District Court of Appeals
1996 - Appointed Associate Justice to the California Supreme Court
2003 - Nominated to the DC Circuit US Court of Appeals, Filibustered.
2005 - Confirmed to the DC Circuit US Court of Appeals. (56-43)

Edith Clement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Brown_Clement)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f0/Edith_Clement.jpg/180px-Edith_Clement.jpg

Judicial Record:

1991 - Confirmed to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (99-0)
2001 - Served as Chief Judge of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
2001 - Confirmed to the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals. (99-0)

Emilio Garza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Garza)

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/images/news/photos/garza_thumb.jpg

Judicial Record:

1988 - Confirmed to the US District Court for the Western District of Texas
1991 - Confirmed to the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals.

Alberto Gonzales (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gonzales)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Alberto_Gonzales_-_official_DoJ_photograph.jpg/200px-Alberto_Gonzales_-_official_DoJ_photograph.jpg

Judicial Record:

1999 - Appointed to the Texas Supreme Court

Other Legal Record:

2001 - White House Counsel
2005 - Confirmed US Attorney General (60-36)

Edith Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Jones)

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/images/news/photos/jones_thumb.jpg

Judicial Record:

1985 - Confirmed to the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals.

Priscilla Owen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Owen)

http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0902/090902owenpriscilla.jpg

Judicial Record:

1994 - Elected to Texas Supreme Court
2001 - nominated to the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals, Senate did not act on nomination.
2003 - nominated to the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals, Filibustered.
2005 - Confirmed to the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals. (55-43)

Edward Prado (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_C._Prado)

http://www.utexas.edu/law/news/img/ecp-2.jpg

Judicial Record:

1980-1981 - Appointed State District Judge, Bexar County, Texas
1984 - Confirmed to the US District Court for the Western District of Texas
2003 - Confirmed to the 5th Circuit US Court of Appeals.

Larry Thompson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Thompson)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/43/Larry_Thompson_from_White_House.jpg/180px-Larry_Thompson_from_White_House.jpg

Legal Record: (never served as a judge)

2001-2003 Deputy Attorney General of the US
2003-present - General Counsel to Pepsico, visiting professor at the University of Georgia, senior fellow of the Brookings Institution

Karen Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Williams)

http://www.thetandd.com/content/articles/2005/07/01/news/doc42c6133da9553066639155.jpg

Judicial Record:

1992 - Confirmed to the 4th Circuit US Court of Appeals

[Mr. Kotter]

I'm guessing Jones, Mahoney, or Williams:

Judge Edith Jones
Born 1949

Jones graduated from Cornell University in 1971. She received her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1974. She was in private practice in Houston, Texas from 1974 until 1985, working for the firm of Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones, where she became the firm's first female partner. She specialized in bankruptcy law. She also served as General Counsel for the Republican Party of Texas from 1982-83.

She was nominated to the Fifth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on February 27, 1985, and confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1985. She received her commission on April 4, 1985, at the age of 36.
She sits on the board of directors of the Boy Scouts of America, the Garland Walker American Inns of Court, and is a member of several American Bar Association committees.

Maureen Mahoney
Born 1955
Partner, Latham & Watkins
Described by many as a female "clone" of Chief Justice John Roberts, Mahoney is one of the premier appellate court attorneys in Washington. In 2003, she successfully argued the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action case. The Supreme Court decided to let the school's admission policies stand.

Unlike Roberts, Mahoney has no judicial experience. She graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1978 with honors and, like Roberts, clerked for former Chief Justice William Rehnquist and worked on in the solicitor general's office for President George H.W. Bush. Mahoney was nominated for the federal bench by President George H.W. Bush, but the Senate never voted on her nomination.

Judge Karen Williams
Born 1951
4th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Nominated by President Bush in 1992
Best-known ruling was in Dickerson v. U.S. in 1999 where she ruled Miranda warnings are not constitutionally required, but instead should be considered procedural safeguards to be applied with rules of evidence and procedure. U.S. Supreme Court ultimately overruled her

[patteeu]

I'm going to go with White Guy, Luttig.

[Mr. Kotter]

I'm going to go with White Guy, Luttig.

That would be bold.