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Addressing the annual conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on Friday, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made clear she was pleased with President Obama’s choice of Sonia Sotomayor to replace Justice David Souter, Tony Mauro at Legal Times reports. (Watch her on C-Span here.)
She also tossed in this tidbit [...]

A federal district judge this afternoon sentenced one-time super lobbyist Jack Abramoff to four years in federal prison for public corruption. The sentence is to be served at the same time as Abramoff’s current 5-year, 10-month incarceration for unrelated shady dealings involving a Florida casino cruise line. In other words, Abramoff will be spending no [...]