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Sam Stein

Obama's SCOTUS Pick Likely To Come Next Week

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs caused a stir on Monday when he told reporters that he could not rule out the president announcing his pick f...

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Weekly Pulse: The Pill at 50 and Oklahoma's Extreme Ultrasound Law

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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by Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Fifty years ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first birth control pill. Needless to...

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Shriram Harid

John Paul Stevens Retiring: Top Picks To Be The Next Supreme Court Justice

HuffingtonPost.com | Shriram Harid | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview in early March, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said he would make up his mind in about a month's time about when to retire fr...

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Obama Supreme Court Pick: President Talking With Possible High Court Nominees

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, treading carefully in the explosive arena of abortion and the Supreme Court, said Wednesday he will choose ...

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Two Chicagoans Considered As Justice Stevens Replacements

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Friday, Supreme Court Justice and Chicago native John Paul Stevens announced that he will retire from the bench this summer. Huffington Post has c...

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Merrick Garland: Supreme Court Justice?

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two experienced federal judges and the Obama administration's top Supreme Court lawyer are widely considered the leading candidates...

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