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Who Should Be Next on the US Supreme Court?
Liberal or Moderate? Man or Woman? Black, White or Brown? Should the next Supreme Court Justice have judicial experience or a record of service in other branches of government? We hear different as President Obama gets ready to pick his first nominee. Also, the pace of unemployment slows, and Pope Benedict visits the Middle East.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenLiberal or Moderate? Man or Woman? Black, White or Brown? Should the next Supreme Court Justice have judicial experience or a record of service in other branches of government? We hear different as President Obama gets ready to pick his first nominee. Also, the pace of unemployment rises at a slightly less alarming rate, and having angered both Muslims and Jews, can Pope Benedict help the peace process by visiting the Middle East.
Banner image: Empty Supreme Court with seats belonging to Justices Breyer, Thomas, Kennedy, Stevens, Roberts (Chief Justice), Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg and Alito
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3 storiesUnemployment Rises at a Slightly Less Alarming Pace
On a day when the latest statistics were announced, President Obama announced efforts to help unemployed people plan for the future. Peter Goodman is national economic correspondent for the New York Times and author of the forthcoming Past Due : The End of Easy Money and the Renewal of the American Economy.
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When retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor heard she would be replaced by John Roberts , she deemed him "good in every way except that he's not a woman." Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she is "lonely" among her eight male colleagues.
Read the story36 minPope Benedict on Pilgrimage to Middle East
When Pope John Paul II went to the Middle East in 2000, a trip that was called "historic," he left a note at the Western Wall apologizing for Christian anti-Semitism. This week's visit by Benedict XVI takes place under different circumstances.
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