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Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court Justice Souter To Retire — · NPR has learned that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire at the end of the court's current term. — The court has completed hearing oral arguments for the year and will be issuing rulings and opinions until the end of June.
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The Huffington Post:
Souter Replacements: Obama's Five Likely Picks (SLIDESHOW) — News of Justice David Souter's plan to retire at the end of the Supreme Court's current term immediately set off one of Washington D.C.'s most cherished parlor games: speculating who will take his place.
Krooney / The Page:
White Men Need Not Apply — HALPERIN'S TAKE: The eleven real Supreme Court nomination questions to watch now. — Get The Page delivered to your inbox. Sign up for TIME's daily political newsletter here.
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New York Times:
Souter Said to Be Leaving Court in June — WASHINGTON — Justice David H. Souter plans to retire at the end of the term in June, giving President Obama his first appointment to the Supreme Court, four people informed about the decision said Thursday night. — Justice Souter …
Ed Whelan / Bench Memos:
Filling the Souter Seat
Filling the Souter Seat
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Specter Defection Will Haunt Dems On Souter Replacement
Specter Defection Will Haunt Dems On Souter Replacement
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Souter Reportedly Planning to Retire From High Court
Souter Reportedly Planning to Retire From High Court
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Souter Steps Down — Justice David Souter, an associate justice …
Souter Steps Down — Justice David Souter, an associate justice …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
White House Cheat Sheet: Souter Retirement (Further) Roils Political Landscape
White House Cheat Sheet: Souter Retirement (Further) Roils Political Landscape
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
A look at potential Obama nominees to high court
A look at potential Obama nominees to high court
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Jared Allen / The Hill:
Hispanic Dems furious over GOP video — Hispanic Democrats are furious and demanding an apology over an image wedged in a new GOP web video on terrorism that shows members of the Hispanic Caucus sitting at a table with President Obama. — “On behalf of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus …
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JTA:
Case against ex-AIPAC staffers dropped — WASHINGTON (JTA) — A source with intimate knowledge of the case against two ex-AIPAC staffers accused of passing along classified information says the case has been dropped. — Keith Weissman, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's former Iran analyst …
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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Prosecutors to Drop Charges Against Two Former AIPAC Lobbyists — The U.S. government is abandoning espionage-law charges against two former lobbyists for a pro-Israel advocacy group, federal officials announced this morning. — Prosecutors said they will ask a judge to dismiss the case …
Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press:
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Taxpayers to get rude surprise — INSIDE WASHINGTON: Millions of couples, retirees may have to repay some of Obama tax credit — WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Americans enjoying their small windfall from President Barack Obama's “Making Work Pay” tax credit are in for an unpleasant surprise next spring.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Use of Torture and What Nancy Pelosi Knew — Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Ronald Reagan: vengeful, score-settling, Hard Left ideologue — This is a perfect illustration of how severely our political spectrum has shifted in the last two decades and how depraved and extremist our political and media classes have become: — Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post, today: “When to Torture”:
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Gingrich insult rankles RNC members — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Several members of the Republican National Committee are miffed at Newt Gingrich for claiming that they're a small bunch of egomaniacs who need to be coddled by the party chairman. — “Newt needs to take a breath,” New Jersey committeeman David Norcross told CNN.
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Amy Diluna / NY Daily News:
First Lady Michelle Obama steps out in Lanvin sneakers and they're only $540! — Michelle Obama has taken casual to a haute new level. — While volunteering Wednesday at a D.C. food bank, the First Lady sported her usual J.Crew cardigan, a pair of utilitarian capri pants and, on her feet, a sneaky splurge: trainers that go for $540.
Zachery Kouwe / New York Times:
The Lenders Obama Decided to Blame — Peter A. Weinberg and Joseph R. Perella are part of a band of Wall Street renegades — “a small group of speculators,” President Obama called them Thursday — who helped bankrupt Chrysler. — That, anyway, is the Washington line.
CNN:
Survey: Churchgoers more likely to back torture — WASHINGTON (CNN) — The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey. — More than half of people who attend services at least once a week …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
An Affordable Salvation — The 2008 election ended the reign of junk science in our nation's capital, and the chances of meaningful action on climate change, probably through a cap-and-trade system on emissions, have risen sharply. — But the opponents of action claim that limiting emissions …
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Senate Defeats Measure to Allow Bankruptcy Judges to Change Mortgage Terms — For the second time in two years, a provision to allow bankruptcy judges to modify mortgages died in the Senate today, handing the Obama administration a significant defeat in its plans for arresting the foreclosure crisis.
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