WASHINGTON: Indian-American Sri Srinivasan is among the three candidates vetted by US President Barack Obama as potential nominees for a rare vacancy at the Supreme Court. The death of Antonin Scalia, the first Italian American judge of the Supreme Court, made a rare vacancy in the country's apex court.
According to a report, “President Obama is vetting Merrick B Garland and Sri Srinivasan, federal appellate judges who have enjoyed substantial support from Republicans in the past, as potential nominees for a Supreme Court vacancy that has set off a brutal election-year fight.” A source said both the Judges were undergoing background checks by the FBI. The White House, however, hasn't acknowledged the fact. The report said the White House was also vetting Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal trial judge.
Padmanabhan Srikanth Srinivasan, is currently the US Circuit Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which many call as a stepping stone to the Supreme Court.
