Thursday, February 4, 2010

White House Prepares for Possibility of Two Supreme Court Vacancies - ABC News

White House Prepares for Possibility of Two Supreme Court Vacancies - ABC News

Lawyers for President Obama have been working behind the scenes to prepare for the possibility of one, and maybe two Supreme Court vacancies this spring.

Photo: White House prepared for possibility of two court vacancies
Associate justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are seen during a Supreme Court group... Expand
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Court watchers believe two of the more liberal members of the court, justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, could decide to step aside for reasons of age and health. That would give the president his second and third chance to shape his legacy on the Supreme Court.

Last week, when Obama took the nearly unprecedented step of criticizing the court's opinion in a major campaign finance case during his State of the Union speech, some believed he was showcasing for the American people that presidential elections, and Supreme Court nominations count.

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