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THURSDAY, FEB. 18, 2016 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 9
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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roots could be on President Obama's short list for the next Supreme Court Justice seat, following the Saturday death of Justice Antonin Scalia at 79 years old. Sri Srinivasan, 48, and Kannon Shamnugam, 44, are both Lawrence High School grads and notable for their legal experience.
Srinivasan has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia since his appointment in May 2013 by President Obama. Shamnugam heads the Supreme Court and appellate litigation practice for Williams and Connolly LLC and has argued 17 cases before the Supreme Court, according to his profile on the firm's website.
After graduating from Lawrence High School, Shannugam went on to receive his undergraduate degree from Harvard, his master's from Oxford and his law
Journal, Shanmugam, an "ardent Jayhawks fan," compared his legal practice to the Kansas basketball team.
Srinivasan was born in India before immigrating with his family to Lawrence, where his father taught as a math professor at the University. In a recent article in USA Today, friends and family members also described him as a "fanatical University of Kansas basketball fan."
Srinivasan and Shanugam's possible appointments to the Supreme Court are rumored alongside other notables including Paul Watford, another circuit judge appointed by Obama in 2012.
The potential Supreme Court justice graduated from Lawrence High School and went on to attend Stanford University for his undergraduate, as well as his law degree and a Master's of Business.
a distinguished professor in the University School of Law. McAllister has appeared before the Supreme Court multiple times and hosted Scalia at the University twice during his time as a Supreme Court Justice.
"He was a boot with the students, great in a big group, smart, quick and a great sense of humor," McAllister said.
The professor said he thinks Scalia's big personality and quick wit will be hard to match in a replacement.
"I think the next person will be a hard press, because he was rare," McAllister said. "Just the strength of the personality was unique and unusual, was the kind of person, if he was in the room, you knew it generally."
In terms of political legacy, McAllister said Scalia was a prominent conservative
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