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Sri Srinivasan among nominees to replace Scalia

Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 00:45

Indian-American judge Sri Srinivasan is among the administration's options to replace Antonin Scalia as a Supreme Court Justice. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

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ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died, setting up a major political showdown between President Barack Obama and the Republican-controlled Senate over who will replace him just months before a presidential election. Among those the Obama administration could turn to is Sri Srinivasan, 48, who has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since May 2013. He would be the first Indian-American on the court and has impeccable bipartisan credentials. The Senate confirmed him on a 97-0 vote three years ago. He was a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, now retired, a 1981 appointee of Republican President Ronald Reagan. At Srinivasan's confirmation hearing, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, now a presidential candidate, described himself as a long-standing friend dating back to their time together as law clerks in the U.S. appeals court based in Richmond, Virginia. So far on the appeals court, his rulings have not sparked controversy. It has been nearly 50 years since political wrangling between a president and Senate pushed a Supreme Court nomination into the next administration.

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Sri Srinivasan among nominees to replace Scalia

Sunday, February 14, 2016 - 00:45