• The Washington Post reports on Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm's trip to the White House today. Granholm "is widely reported" to be a short-lister for the high court vacancy, and "White House press secretary Robert Gibbs left open the possibility that" President Obama "could interview her for the job" today.

• Massachusetts "Gov. Deval Patrick is heading to the White House to meet with President Obama amid speculation he is among those being considered for a Supreme Court post," the AP reports.

• The New York Times profiles Homeland Security secretary and short-lister Janet Napolitano.

• The National Law Journal reports on some names that "appear on the short lists of more than a dozen constitutional law and Supreme Court scholars."

• "While advocacy groups are pushing" Obama "to seek diversity in his Supreme Court pick, a survey out" Monday "suggests that Americans care much more about legal experience," the Boston Globe reports.

• As Obama "prepares to nominate his first Supreme Court justice, the White House is doubtless considering not only whom to select but how best to introduce the nominee to the public," CQ's Legal Beat reports.

• "Since announcing his plan to retire, Justice David Souter has gotten, fairly or not, some mediocre reviews for his opinion-writing and for leaving few memorable quotations behind," the Blog of Legal Times reports. "Some colorful language in Souter's dissent in" Monday's "decision in Ashcroft v. Iqbal may counter those critiques."

Commentary after the jump

Commentary

• In Politico, journalist Gebe Martinez argues against talk that if Obama picks a Hispanic or woman judge he would be "emphasiz[ing] quotas over qualifications."

• Jan Crawford Greenburg examines the "two big problems with picking politicians for the high court" -- the low profile and the new perspective on their political records.

• In The American Spectator, Jeffrey Lord, former political director for Ronald Reagan, criticizes Obama for his stance on abortion and discusses how the issue will play into his first Supreme Court nomination.

• At SCOTUSBlog, Tom Goldstein, a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, analyzes some of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's civil opinions.

• Discussing the president's "empathy" comments, John Dickerson compares Obama to Mr. Spock.