lefarkins.blogspot.com - 2/10/2009
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A couple of commenters in the previous thread have asked about who I'd like to see chosen if (God forbid) Ginsburg is forced to leave the Court. I addressed this in a post a while back . I still like Kagan, but I assume Obama would want her to get more seasoning as Solicitor General, and ...
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