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Ah, but what if a C.al alum is chosen as the sacrificial lamb, rejected by the Senate (Watford's confirmation vote was fairly close last time around), and Stanford alum Srinivasan (97-0 to the DC Circuit) sweeps in as the less objectionable backup? Some tasty C.al schadenfreude there, to be sure.

It would be Hoffpauir-ing the Supreme Court, which is something to which we all should aspire.

I'm not comfortable with a Stanford alumnus being the second choice to a kal alumnus.  It's not the same as a recruit who picks kal as a safe harbor all while intending to select Stanford.  Once Obama picks a nominee, it's out of his hands.  If the GOP decides to fold, Obama could be stuck with his "sacrificial lamb" as the actual justice.  Obama knows that, and so he should not pick someone he viewed as totally unqualified for the position.  Hence, he should not pick a kal alumnus.

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Ah, but what if a C.al alum is chosen as the sacrificial lamb, rejected by the Senate (Watford's confirmation vote was fairly close last time around), and Stanford alum Srinivasan (97-0 to the DC Circuit) sweeps in as the less objectionable backup? Some tasty C.al schadenfreude there, to be sure.

It would be Hoffpauir-ing the Supreme Court, which is something to which we all should aspire.

I'm not comfortable with a Stanford alumnus being the second choice to a kal alumnus.  It's not the same as a recruit who picks kal as a safe harbor all while intending to select Stanford.  Once Obama picks a nominee, it's out of his hands.  If the GOP decides to fold, Obama could be stuck with his "sacrificial lamb" as the actual justice.  Obama knows that, and so he should not pick someone he viewed as totally unqualified for the position.  Hence, he should not pick a kal alumnus.