President Obama's latest nominee to the US Supreme Court Elena Kagan says she's grateful for what she called "the honor of a lifetime".

奥巴马最近提名的最高法院法官人选埃琳娜·卡根说，她对她所谓的“终身的荣誉”表示感激。

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Manuel de la Pena y Pena -- president of the supreme court -- became acting president.

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In 2005,then-minority Senate Democrats mounted an unsuccessful effort to filibuster the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who was nominated by former-President George W.Bush.

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The abortion issue is likely to remain in the spotlight as President Obama seeks to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the retirement this summer of Justice David Souter.

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On a national level, Asma Jahangir is President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.

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Five justices compose the chamber and its president is also the president of the Supreme Court and the entire judicial branch.

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Lord Neuberger, who is president of the Supreme Court, told Law in Action's Joshua Rozenberg that Parliament had "power" to introduce laws.

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