Sri Srinivasan in US Supreme Court |
As Democrats and Republicans square up for a titanic fight over the replacement for deceased SC Justice Antonin Scalia, political partisans in America are scouring records to check the ideological orientation of Sri Srinivasan, the Indian-American who President Obama is widely expected to nominate to the bench. Key Republicans have pledged to block an Obama nomination, but considering Srinivasan sailed through the Senate 97-0 when the Democratic White House put him up for the DC Court of Appeals (the second most powerful court in the country) in 2013, he is considered the President`s best bet to overcome Republican opposition. Besides, neither Conservatives nor Liberals have anything toxic against him — a review of his legal and judicial career suggests he is largely "nonideological." "Srinivasan`s background is as a litigator, meaning he`s spent most of his career defending other people`s positions rather than his own. That means that although he`s well regarded among legal elites of all stripes, his own views are less than clear. As a government lawyer in the solicitor-general`s office, he has represented progressive causes — arguing against restrictive voter IDs and supporting affirmative action, although some labour and trade unions have reservations about his corporate representation.
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