President Obama's short list for Supreme Court vacancy.

Following death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, here's President Obama's short list for his replacement.

Sri Srinivasan

The 48-year-old moderate D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, has already been labeled Obama’s “Supreme Court nominee in waiting,” by The New Yorker's Jeffrey Toobin.

Widely seen as the most likely choice, he would be the first Indian-American justice on the highest court.

Srinivasan is poised to be chosen for the Supreme on the D.C. Circuit Court, the second-highest court where John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg all were nominated from.

The Lawrence, Kansas native most famously argued against the Defense of Marriage Act while he was the Obama Administration's principal deputy solicitor general.
Less than 50%

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