1.0 link 207664 <![CDATA[Inside Obama's Court Vet: President Settled On Sotomayor Monday Night]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/26/inside-obamas-court-vet-p_n_207664.html Following a thorough vetting process that drew down the number of potential Supreme Court nominees to four, President Barack Obama ultimately settled on his decision to nominate Sonia Sotomayor at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, senior administration officials said.

In the most detailed briefing to date about the process of filling the forthcoming Court vacancy, two high-ranking White House aides said on Tuesday that the president's decision on who should replace Justice David Souter came down to Solicitor General Elana Kagan,...

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