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Supreme Court Retirements Incoming?!?!
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Oftentimes cold political calculus bleeds into and influences our legal institutions. Popok takes a hard look at whether Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito will give a gift to Trump and retire this summer to give Trump his 4th SCOTUS pick, and how politics is playing out for Trump's Attorney General replacement pick now that Senator Thom Tillis has made it be known that he will block any Election Deniers from the role.
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