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Kagan, Judges Said to Be Considered for Supreme Court Vacancy
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| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Apr 04, 2010 01:21pm |
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| News Date | Sunday, April 4, 2010 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | April 4 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration, contemplating the possible retirement of U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, is focusing on three candidates to succeed him, a White House official familiar with the deliberations said.
The group includes U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan and federal appellate judges Diane Wood and Merrick Garland, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Stevens, who will turn 90 on April 20, told the New York Times in an April 2 interview that he will decide soon whether he will step down. “The president and the Senate need plenty of time to fill a vacancy,” Stevens told the newspaper.
Stevens hasn’t communicated his intentions to the White House one way or another, according the person familiar with the deliberations. President Barack Obama hasn’t begun discussing particular candidates with aides, and the list of leading candidates could change in the coming weeks, the person said.
“We’ll be prepared if a vacancy arises, but there’s no vacancy on the court, and there’s no short list awaiting a potential vacancy,” White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said in an e-mail.
White House officials expect that any retirement announcement would come after the high court’s last argument of its current term, on April 28, the person said. The administration is preparing to move quickly with a nomination, the person said. |
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