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Obama Must Save the Courts to Save America From Trump
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The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint judges in the upcoming congressional recess. Here’s why he needs to use it, but not on the Supreme Court.
Jay Michaelson
Published
Nov. 26 2016
1:00AM EST
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