its ▁he ▁would ▁look ▁for ▁in ▁a ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁justice , ▁suggesting ▁he ▁might ▁le aven ▁legal ▁scholar ship ▁with ▁practical ▁political ▁experience . ▁He ▁held ▁up ▁Earl ▁Warren , ▁a ▁former ▁governor ▁of ▁California ▁who ▁later ▁became ▁Chief ▁Justice , ▁as ▁an ▁example . ▁Mr . ▁Warren , ▁he ▁said , ▁had ▁had ▁the ▁wisdom ▁to ▁recognize ▁that ▁seg reg ation ▁was ▁wrong ▁less ▁because ▁of ▁precise ▁soci ological ▁effects ▁and ▁more ▁so ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁imm oral ▁and ▁st ig mat ized ▁black s : ▁ ▁Later , ▁however , ▁Ob ama ▁seemed ▁to ▁step ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁example ▁of ▁Warren . ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁the ▁editor ial ▁board ▁of ▁the ▁Detroit ▁Free ▁Press ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Ob ama ▁said : ▁ ▁Instead , ▁Ob ama ▁mentioned ▁then ▁current ▁just ices ▁David ▁S outer ▁and ▁Stephen ▁Bre yer ▁as ▁examples ▁of ▁people ▁he ▁would ▁like ▁to ▁nomin ate ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁in ▁the ▁future : ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁third ▁and ▁final ▁president ial ▁debate ▁with ▁Republican ▁nom ine e ▁John ▁McC ain ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁Ob ama ▁also ▁imp lied ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁look ▁for ▁a ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁nom ine e ▁with ▁previous ▁jud icial ▁experience : ▁ ▁Court ▁dem ograph ics ▁ ▁Dem ographic ▁consider ations ▁have ▁played ▁into ▁the ▁appointment ▁of ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁just ices ▁since ▁the ▁institution ▁was ▁established . ▁Starting ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ,