She must not have excited him like this young lady.
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Well, not too much.
"Abortion foes focus on potential nominee; Wood’s rulings raise ire among conservatives" by Peter Slevin, Washington Post | April 20, 2010
CHICAGO — If President Obama nominates US Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, social conservatives say they intend to make her rulings on abortion rights the primary point of contention.
“That’s her Achilles’ heel,’’ said Curt Levey, executive director of the Committee for Justice, which opposes Wood’s rulings on abortion. “It tells you that she’s probably not going to be selected, because Obama doesn’t have the stomach for this to be about an abortion debate.’’
Obama’s intentions remain unclear, but Levey’s comments encapsulate a message that Wood’s foes are sending as the White House ponders a list of possible candidates. For Wood, who turns 60 in July, this vacancy could be her last shot at the court....
Done then.
Wood has spoken against a “narrow, literal’’ reading of the Constitution, suggesting that jurisprudence best evolves through “an interactive process’’ that involves society, scholars, and the courts.
That is so wrong.
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Liberal supporters praise Wood for her willingness to challenge Seventh Circuit Judges Frank H. Easterbrook and Richard A. Posner, formidable thinkers admired by conservatives. Despite their ideological differences, the three are friends who often eat lunch together....
So it's all a big club, 'eh?
I guess this was more a heads-up on the rejection, huh?
"Obama interviews Wood for Supreme Court seat
WASHINGTON — President Obama interviewed Federal Appeals Court Judge Diane Wood yesterday for the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the conversation.
The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect the privacy of Obama’s deliberations, says the president interviewed Wood in the Oval Office, and Vice President Joe Biden met with her separately in the White House.
Wood, who is based in Chicago, is the fourth known candidate to have interviewed with Obama in recent days.
The others are Elena Kagan, solicitor general, and Federal Appeals Court Judges Merrick Garland and Sidney Thomas.
Wood also interviewed with Obama for a Supreme Court opening last year.
0 for 2 then.
