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canada goose outlet new york A conservative moves the court to the right O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court justice, wasreplaced by Samuel Alito in 2006. O’Connor’s resignation is a better parallel to Kennedy’s, according to some attorneys and legal academics, among them David uk canada goose outlet Lat, founder of the legal website Above the Law. canada goose outlet new york

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