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POSSIBLE OBAMA NOMINEES
Potential Justices: Merrick Garland
Garland
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Age: 55
Details: Appointed by President Clinton in 1997, he is widely admired as a moderate-spirited, consensus-seeking intellectual star. His recent opinion upholding a Guantanamo Bay detainee's appeal was joined by a very conservative colleague. He clerked for Justice William Brennan and later went from big-firm partner to federal prosecutor and Clinton Justice Department official, where he handled the Oklahoma City bombing investigation.
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