In this diary, I am going to eat a little crow. I said this weekend to someone else that if Warren is considered for the Supreme Court, then that I would eat my shoe. With any luck, I will be asking for soy sauce soon enough.
CNN, via a Quick Hit on Open Left, is reporting that Warren is on the short list of candidates to replace Stevens. LINK
Now, we should take this report with a grain of salt. Afterall, today, Senator Hatch was pushing the improbable candidacy of Hillary Clinton on the Court.
While I hope the rumor pans out to be reality, I would like to point out why this choice excites me. The primary reason is that she represents much of the criteria that is important in Stevens' successor. That's what I want to discus here- why progressives and liberals should have a criteria of what they want rather than simply a list of names.
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