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Court Fight Looms With Talk of Stevens' Departure

By Tamara LytleMar 17th 2010 – 3:12PM
AP

AP

(March 17) -- President Barack Obama and Chief Justice John Roberts have been sniping at each other like in-laws with an ax to grind. And now they're potentially on the verge of a major family occasion fraught with tension. Justice John Paul Stevens turns 90 next month and is expected to announce soon whether he will...

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  • 05/02/12 States Seek Order for N.R.C. Decision on Yucca Mountain Source: The New York Times - New York NY Congress decided 25 years ago that the Department of Energy should build a repository for nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain , a volcanic ridge in Nevada 100 miles from Las Vegas, if the regulatory commission determined the site to be suitable.
  • 11/28/11 Merrick B. Garland Source: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge Garland was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals in April 1997.
  • 05/13/11 Obama begs soon-to-retire FBI chief to stay after... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK Barack Obama has begged the soon-to-retire chief of the FBI to stay on after White house officials struggled to find a suitable replacement.
  • 03/16/11 "White House Intensifies Search for Next FBI Chief" Source: How Appealing Evan Perez has this article today in The Wall Street Journal.

Background on Merrick B. Garland

Merrick Brian Garland (born November 13, 1952) is an American federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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