Obama pushes hard for India-born judge
11 April 2013 6:39 AM IST
President Barack Obama is making a hard push for the Senate confirmation of a Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary, Srikanth 'Sri' Srinivasan, to what is ‘often called the nation's second-highest court.’
If confirmed Srinivasan, 45, who in August last year was named principal deputy solicitor general of the US, succeeding another Indian American, Neal Kumar Katyal, would create history as the first appeals court judge of South Asian heritage.
‘With a coordination and an energy that echo a Supreme Court nomination fight, the Obama administration is pushing for Srinivasan's confirmation,’ said The New York Times on the eve of Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing Wednesday on Srinivasan’s nomination.
If confirmed Srinivasan, 45, who in August last year was named principal deputy solicitor general of the US, succeeding another Indian American, Neal Kumar Katyal, would create history as the first appeals court judge of South Asian heritage.
‘With a coordination and an energy that echo a Supreme Court nomination fight, the Obama administration is pushing for Srinivasan's confirmation,’ said The New York Times on the eve of Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing Wednesday on Srinivasan’s nomination.
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