Biden hints of centrist pick for judge on US Supreme Court

February 20, 2016 02:11

Vice President Joe Biden today indicated of a centrist pick to fill up a key vacancy in the US Supreme Court for which Indian-origin judge Sri Srinivasan is being termed as front-runner.

"There are a whole hell of a lot of people who Republicans have already voted for, who fall into that category, and also people they haven't voted for yet," Biden was quoted as saying by Politico in a joint interview along with The Washington Post.

He refused to discuss specific names like that of Srinivasan, who was confirmed as a Washington DC judge with an overwhelming 97-0 votes by the Senate and is considered among the top favourites for the post.

Biden, according to Politico, said he hasn't met with President Barack Obama to discuss the nomination yet, but he confirmed that there are plenty of available candidates without reputations as liberal advocates.

"This is a potential gigantic game-changer. My advice is, the only way we get someone on the Court now or even later is to do what we have done in the past," Biden said.

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