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Predicting the Picks
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· Diane S. Sykes, 50, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.
· Larry Thompson, 62, corporate lawyer and former deputy attorney general.
Thomas C. Goldstein is co-head of the litigation and Supreme Court practice of the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and a founder of Scotusblog.com. He said he thinks Sen. Barack Obama will nominate a woman and probably a minority:
"Men need not apply. If Barack Obama can't improve on the Harriet Miers debacle, then he should give up on judicial nominations entirely."
Goldstein's choices, in order of likelihood, and comments:
1. Sonia Sotomayor, 54, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. Would be the first Hispanic justice.
2. Diane P. Wood, 58, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. The strongest intellect; the oldest.
3. Elena Kagan, 48, dean, Harvard Law School. The youngest; has the respect of conservatives for her Harvard faculty hiring.
4. Leah Ward Sears, 53, chief justice, Georgia Supreme Court. African American.
5. Jennifer M. Granholm, 49, governor of Michigan. Political experience and a former state attorney general. A Clinton supporter; stood in for McCain running mate Sarah Palin in Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s debate preparation.
