Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, May 2, 2009
President Obama said yesterday that he plans to move quickly to name a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, as senators and interest groups on both ends of the ideological spectrum began mobilizing for the first court confirmation battle of his presidency.
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Making a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room after speaking with Souter by phone, Obama told reporters he hopes to have a new justice in place for the start of the court's next term in October, a timeline that aides said would require a nomination to be sent to the Senate by June or July.
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