Who Will Obama Choose?

That’s Rick Hasen’s prediction. And actually, that would be fine with me; she seems very impressive and more liberal than anybody on the current Court. Jan Crawford Greenburg, on the other hand, suggests increasing internal support for Kagan. Again, that would also be a strong pick. I find Hasen’s logic a litte more convincing but Greenburg is presumably getting some info from White House sources, so who knows. Except for Karlan apparently not being strongly considered, the process looks likely to produce a good choice: all of the justices on the alleged short list seem like decent choices (although I’m not sure about Granholm — tought to evaluate a governor in those kind of circumstances, and her proescutrial background worries me, but then so did Earl Warren.)