Here is ABC speculation on Obama's short-list.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/SCOTU...7480719&page=2
Apparently, Soror Leah Ward Sears is a possible nominee.
Leah Ward Sears, Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
BIO: Age: 53. Graduate of Emory University School of Law. First African American woman chief justice in the country. First woman to serve on Georgia's Supreme Court and first woman to win a contested state-wide election in that state. Appointed by former Georgia Gov. Zell Miller in 1992. Won re-election to the court in 2004. Plans to retire on June 30, 2009. Longtime friend of Justice Clarence Thomas. Friend and former campaign manager Atlanta lawyer Bernard Taylor.