There’s already chatter about Obama nominating a centre-right white male judge to try and placate the Republicans.
This would be unbelievably stupid. The Republicans are going to go apeshit no matter who he nominates. If they’re going to call your nominee a revolutionary communist no matter what you do, you may as well have a real one.
Who would be the current best Islamic female jurist in the USA? Given the mood of the Trumpistas, minority religious rights are going to need protection in the coming years.