1.0 link 142441 <![CDATA[Obama's Chance To Reshape Courts: Four Dozen Openings]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/09/obamas-chance-to-reshape_n_142441.html WASHINGTON &mdash; President-elect Obama will enter office with an immediate opportunity to begin shaping the federal courts by filling four dozen openings on trial and appeals courts.

Federal judges, with lifetime appointments, can be a president's most enduring legacy. President Bush receives uniformly high marks from Republicans, even those who criticized him on other issues, for his selection of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.

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