Obama May Counter Trump on Immigrants With Supreme Court Pick

Indian-born Srinivasan could be first Asian-American justice
Obama may announce U.S. Supreme Court nomination this week

Sri Srinivasan testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on April 10, 2013.
Photographer: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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By Greg Stohr and Mike Dorning

March 15, 2016 at 5:58 PM UTC

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President Barack Obama’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination may prove to be his sharpest repudiation yet of the anti-immigrant sentiment stirred by Donald Trump.

Sri Srinivasan, a federal appellate judge viewed in some Washington legal circles as the most likely choice of the three finalists Obama is considering, would be the first immigrant selected for the Supreme Court since before World War II.