What is the name of the retired Supreme Court Justice that Carlos Moreno was a leading candidate to replace?
Carlos R. Moreno Carlos Roberto Moreno (born November 4, 1948) is a Mexican-American jurist who is the former United States Ambassador to Belize. Previously, he served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from February 4, 1998, to October 18, 2001, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from October 18, 2001, to February 28, 2011. Following his retirement from the bench in 2011, Moreno was counsel with Irell & Manella. Moreno was considered to be a leading candidate to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the United States Supreme Court.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ( ; March 8, 1841 – March 6, 1935) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932, and as Acting Chief Justice of the United States from January–February 1930. Noted for his long service, his concise and pithy opinions and his deference to the decisions of elected legislatures, he is one of the most widely cited United States Supreme Court justices in history, particularly for his "clear and present danger" opinion for a unanimous Court in the 1919 case of "Schenck v. United States", and is one of the most influential American common law judges, honored during his lifetime in Great Britain as well as the United States. Holmes retired from the Court at the age of 90 years, making him the oldest Justice in the Supreme Court's history. He also served as an Associate Justice and as Chief Justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and was Weld Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School, of which he was an alumnus.