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More on my personal favorite surprise SCOTUS short-lister

By Douglas A. Berman

As noted in this prior post, I was surprised and pleased to hear my co-author and pal (and sentencing guru) Nora Demleitner, the current Dean at Hofstra University School of Law, on an NPR segment suggesting novel SCOTUS short-list names.  Now I am also pleased that Newsday has this follow-up story about Nora's sudden status as a SCOTUS short-lister: Much to her surprise, the dean of Hofstra University Law School woke Sunday morning to find she had just been thrust into the national political conversation as a possible contender for a seat on the United States Supreme Court. National Public Radio speculated that Dean Nora V. Demleitner, 42, of Port Washington, was among those being considered by President Barack Obama for a job on the nation's highest court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 19, 2009 (boomark / email).