Date: 2016-02-14 06:21 pm (UTC)
He has no judicial experience or even a law degree, which makes him even less experienced than Harriet Meiers, whose nomination was laughed out of the Senate by Republicans and Democrats alike. Coates would have no chance at confirmation, and rightly so because appointing someone solely for their views and not experience is precisely what the confirmation process is supposed to stop.

Right now the smart money seems to be pooling on Sri Srinivasan -- he's a moderate who was approved to the DC Circuit by unanimous vote, making it likely that the more principled Republicans in the Senate would break with the hardliners on the issue.
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