Srinivasan among 3 judges being vetted

Merrick B. Garland (left), Sri Srinivasan (right) and Jackson Brown Ketanji are all said to have acceptance among some

Merrick B. Garland (left), Sri Srinivasan (right) and Brown Ketanji Jackson is said that everyone has some acceptability among Republicans.

Merrick B. Garland Ketanji Brown and Jackson are the other two.

President Barack Obama based Merrick B. Garland consideration and Sri Srinivasan, federal appellate judges who have enjoyed substantial support from Republicans in the past, as possible candidates for a vacancy on the Supreme Court has unleashed a brutal fight an election year.

Mr. Garland (63) and Srinivasan (49) are subjected to background checks by the FBI, according to a person with knowledge of the process.

The White House also based its review Ketanji Jackson Brown (45), a judge of first instance federal, according to the National Law Journal, citing a lawyer who had been interviewed by the FBI. Ms. Jackson previously served in the US Sentencing Commission and he is related to the president of the Chamber, Paul D. Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin. Earlier this week, the president also reported that vetting Jane L. Kelly, another federal judge appeals court.

Taken together, the names of contributing to give a list of possible candidates for an appointment that could reshape the court and the country. A replacement for Judge Antonin Scalia, a conservative icon who died on February 13, could have the decisive vote on the right to abortion, guns, environment, campaign finance and a wide range of other issues.

Candidates that have leaked share the distinction that seems to have some degree of palatability Republicans, either through links with prominent Republican lawmakers, past support them on votes of confirmation or both. But Senate Republicans have promised not to conduct any hearing for eventual nominee Obama.

Mr. Srinivasan and Mr. Kelly were confirmed unanimously by the Senate in 2013.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., The majority leader, has said that not even meet with the final candidate Obama. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have signed a letter stating that they will not hold hearings on the postulates.