Regional diversity under discussion for Supreme Court picks
The piece argues the High Court is regionally lopsided toward the Northeast with five of nine tied to Boston New York or central New Jersey. It notes Stevens departure and lists potential replacements Elena Kagan Merrick Garland and Martha Minow plus others from Arizona Montana Chicago and California.
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New Jersey
John Roberts
Indiana
Harvard
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Georgia
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John Paul Stevens
Northwestern
Chicago
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Elena Kagan
Appeals Court
Merrick Garland
Harvard Law School
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Garland
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Virginia
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Midwest
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Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano
Arizona
Sidney Thomas
Montana
Diane Wood
University of Texas Law
Michigan
Jennifer Granholm
Canada
California
University of California At Berkeley
Can overhaul law save Medicare in coming decades
The health care overhaul cuts about 500 billion dollars from Medicare over ten years to cover the uninsured. Officials say it extends Medicare’s solvency to 2029, but nonpartisan reviewers warn most savings will fund other spending, not future benefits, and the trust fund cannot be extended without new revenue or cuts elsewhere.
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House Budget Committee
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Obama urges grads to seek service over partisan fights
President Obama tells the class of 2010 to use talents to meet national challenges and engage as citizens. He spoke at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as Palin denounced him at a separate Michigan event by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in Clarkston.
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Supreme Court
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Obama pushes swift action on campaign finance rules
President Obama urged Congress to pass new rules limiting corporate and union political ads. Bills would require disclosure and an "I approve this message" statement, bar foreign controlled firms and bailout recipients, and force online and shareholder reporting. Critics call the move partisan and unlikely to pass before the November elections.
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Kentucky
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