Obama Said to Consider Iowa Judge for U.S. Supreme Court
- Jane Kelly was unanimously confirmed to appeals court in 2013
- Republican Grassley previously called her 'well regarded'
President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 24, 2016.
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President Barack Obama is considering a federal judge in Iowa to replace Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, a person familiar with the matter said.
Jane Kelly, a federal appeals court judge in Cedar Rapids, would be the third woman Obama has nominated for the High Court. Naming her would escalate political pressure on Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who spoke fondly of Kelly in 2013 before the Senate voted 96-0 to confirm her for the Court of Appeals.