WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, says President Barack Obama has assured him he will select a pragmatist to the U.S. Supreme Court.
A statement issued by Hatch's office Monday indicated that in conversations with Obama, the president told the Senate Judiciary Committee member that his choice to replace the retiring Justice David Souter "will be a pragmatist, not a radical," the Salt Lake Tribune reported.