And her confirmation would allow Mr. Obama to build on his appointment of Justice Sotomayor by bringing the number of women on the court to its highest ever (three, with Justice Sotomayor and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg).
Khan's reward was his appointment as justice secretary in the opposition "shadow cabinet".
Gove's appointment as justice secretary seems to be somewhere between a sardonic trolling of the judiciary and simple misdirection.
And so it was that I breathed a sigh of relief upon your appointment as Justice Secretary.
It led Ken Clarke, soon after his appointment as justice secretary, to declare that the country needs a "rehabilitation revolution".
The Supreme Court appointment of Justice Sotomayor, 55, capped a life story that began in a Bronx housing project, where she was raised by her widowed mother.
Her loyalty was rewarded in June 2007 when her appointment as Justice Minister made her the first person of North African descent to hold a top government post in France.
Michael Gove's appointment as justice secretary places him firmly at the top table of British politics.
Labour MP Simon Danczuk, who called for a statutory inquiry, welcomed the appointment of Justice Goddard and said work should now begin before the general election in May.
Mr Grayling's appointment as justice secretary - in place of the more liberal Ken Clarke - was portrayed by newspapers as a return to traditional Tory values on law and order.
The president's latest remarks come as the Supreme Court is enmeshed in controversy over his appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
