Both SCOTUSBlog and Confirm Them predict that the new Supreme Court nominee will be Samuel Alito of the Third Circuit, a judge whose chambers are in Newark, New Jersey – and not too far from my office! And I worked in his building one summer during law school when I interned with a federal district judge in Newark. Alito is nicknamed “Scalito” because his views apparently resemble those of Scalia, but apparently he’s not an ass like Scalia is.
Article III Groupie thinks it could be Luttig. She thinks Alito could wind up as the Edith Clement of this round to John Roberts’s Luttig. We’ll see.
I was thinking it might be McConnell, but apparently he’s not under consideration because conservatives might not be totally comfortble with him on Roe and other issues.
This could be announced Monday.
Yeah, a Monday announcement would be a handy distraction.
(Though I am surprised they’d let this indictment stuff stew during the Sunday talk shows. But I guess they’re trying to turn the page.)