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Obama speech: SCOTUS in the House

 
Court attendance has improved since Chief Justice John Roberts was sworn-in in September 2005. WASHINGTON (CNN) –- Some of the best seats in the House of Representatives chamber at President Obama’s first address to Congress Tuesday night will be reserved for members of the Supreme Court. But despite being guaranteed front-row center seats, the jurists frequently [...] (link)

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