Likely Souter Replacement: “Court of Appeals is where policy is made”


	Likely Souter Replacement: “Court of Appeals is where policy is made”

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5-4-2009 12:22 AM

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5-4-2009 5:26 AM

merrie

yeah, Sonia, we know

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