Visiting Professor Tom Campbell was quoted in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle entitled, “Factions lobby over potential Obama court pick.” The article discusses the politics surrounding the president’s potential choice to succeed Justice Souter in the Supreme Court, including his filibuster-proof majority in the Senate and the pressures from various lobbying groups. Campbell stated, “[Obama] will have largely a free pass because he has a majority in the U.S Senate, a majority to confirm… And the Republican leadership would really have to turn on a dime if it argued it would be a good thing to filibuster a judicial nomination – because (in the past) they’ve argued against that.” Read article…