The interests of the nation will be well served when she assumes her seat on the Supreme Court.

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In a near-party-line vote, Priscilla Owen won a lifetime seat on the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.

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Last year's winner of the North American seat learned this the hard way: In February, France's high court nullified the results of last year's contest because the winner, Corinne Narassiguin, had opened an American campaign account.

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So I hope that the Senate will act in a bipartisan fashion, as they did in confirming Elena to be our Solicitor General last year, and that they will do so as swiftly as possible, so she can get busy and take her seat in time to fully participate in the work of the Court this fall.

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The Supreme Court in 2010 made clear that the five-seat labor board requires a quorum of at least three members to issue case rulings.

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The court was told Priyanka was in rear passenger seat of a Vauxhall Zafira driven by her mother, Baljit, as they returned home from a family gathering in Walsall.

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After unions spent millions on the campaign, two of the state senators were recalled but that failed to flip control of the legislature, and the supreme court justice kept his seat.

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