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White House: We’ll pass on a Justice Clinton

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The White House on Monday hurriedly punctured the trial balloon that had Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heading to the Supreme Court and, in the process, dealt another blow to the fading American tradition of appointing prominent public figures to the court.

Since Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement in 2005, the Supreme Court has for the first time in history been without a single member who ever ran for elected office.

Full story: A Clinton trial balloon’s short flight – Ben Smith – POLITICO.com