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April 5, 2010

Justice Stevens to Decide Soon on Retirement
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Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says he will decide soon whether
to retire after thirty-five years on the court. The eighty-nine-year-old
liberal justice told the Washington Post he plans to leave either this
year or next. He said, “I will surely do it while he’s still president,”
referring to Democratic President Barack Obama. His retirement would
allow Obama to make a second appointment to the court in a year.



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