United States Senate Candidate Brian Quintana (D.CA) urges President Barack Obama to nominate Governor Jennifer Granholm to the United States Supreme Court. Governor Granholm is currently serving her second term as Governor of Michigan. She previously served as her State's Attorney General and Assistant United States Attorney."California Governor Earl Warren was one of our High Court’s giants. Governor Granholm would bring the same leadership, real life experience, and empathy that would breathe life into a Court with eight former federal appellate court judges. Varying our Court is not a choice, but a duty." wrote Quintana. "Your political base, and mine, is tired of politics as usual. We deserve a dynamic and unconventional choice like Governor Granholm."
President Obama met with Senate leaders from both parties on Wednesday and called nine other senators from the Judiciary Committee to discuss a replacement for the retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Obama hopes to make a selection within the next two weeks. White House Chief of staff Rahm Emmanuel predicts a big confirmation battle regardless of who the eventual nominee is.
President Bill Clinton and other national leaders have already spoken out on this issue. Quintana is no stranger to Supreme Court politics. Last year he advocated for California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno or Justice Sonia Sotomayor to be our High Court's first Latino Justice.
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