Senator: President Obama Could Name Supreme Court Nominee This Week
- Steven Ertelt - LifeNews.com
- May 5, 2009
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A top Republican senator on the Senate Judiciary Committee says pro-abortion President Barack Obama may name a Supreme Court nominee as early as the end of the week. Sen. Orrin Hatch spoke with Obama on the phone on Monday about a replacement for retiring pro-abortion Justice David Souter.
After the phone call, Hatch said he believed Obama would move quickly on naming a replacement because he wants the Senate to complete the confirmation process for a new justice to be in place when the Supreme Court reconvenes this fall.
“I'd be surprised if it went beyond this week," Hatch told the news web site Politico, though he added that Obama did not make any timing commitments.
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