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Donald Trump

Trump releases his top picks for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, released Wednesday a list of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia if he's elected to the White House. The list of conservative federal and state judges

Barack Obama

Obama sets out to pick a Supreme Court nominee

WASHINGTON (AP) — It may seem like Mission Impossible. Still, President Barack Obama this week set out on a quest to put his third justice on the Supreme Court, hoping to overcome solid Republican opposition and difficult election-year politics in what likely will be the last major battle of his tenure.

Massachusetts

Wanted: Three judges to replace 40 years of experience

STATE HOUSE — Unlike a sports team that loses some of its top players to free agency, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court can't take a year to regroup, make a few roster moves and get the team back into contention the following year, regardless of how many rookies will