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Swiss Bankers Day, 20 September 2007 / Switzerland needs strong-willed politicians / By Pierre G. Mirabaud, Chairman, Swiss Bankers Association

A Declaration for Independence / Wiki / Draft 1.0 / By Larry Lessig

United States
The Supreme Court

Following Souter
May 7th 2009 | WASHINGTON, DC
From The Economist print edition

Barack Obama has a chance to rejuvenate the Supreme Court’s liberal wing

DAVID SOUTER … is a singular character. Though wealthy, he lives the life of Diogenes. He lunches frugally at his desk, typically on yogurt and an apple, which he eats to the core. He seldom goes out. He has no time for modern distractions such as television. But most unusually of all, despite having life tenure as a judge on the Supreme Court, he is planning to retire at the tender age of 69.

He loves judging but hates Washington, DC. He calls it the worst city in the world, though he has barely travelled. He yearns to return to his home in a tiny hamlet in New Hampshire, a dilapidated wooden farmhouse where he lives alone. …>>

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David Souter
by J.Stone

May 01, 2009, The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog

It would appear from the latest news reports that Justice David Souter is about to part ways with the Supreme Court after a nineteen-year tenure. At the time of his nomination by President George H. W. Bush, David Souter was a virtual unknown. In his long career as a justice on the New Hampshire Supreme Court, a judge on the New Hampshire trial court, and New Hampshire’s attorney general, he seldom had occasion to express his views on controversial constitutional issues. Many critics of the nomination complained that President Bush had found a “stealth candidate” who had no “paper trail” but was secretly a rock-solid conservative determined to overturn Roe v. Wade and to outlaw affirmative action. It didn’t turn out quite that way. …>>

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United States
The Supreme Court

Change at the top
May 1st 2009
From Economist.com

The retirement of Justice David Souter will let Barack Obama begin to shape the Supreme Court …>>

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NYT blog: The Conversation: Talking between columns / May 6, 2009, 12:46 pm

Who Will Replace Souter?
By David Brooks and Gail Collins

Gail Collins: David, I’m really eager to hear your opinions about the upcoming debate over a new Supreme Court justice. Here are some thoughts …>>

http://theconversation.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/who-will-replace-souter/#more-155

A conversation with Neel Kashkari, Former Assistant Treasury Secretary / Charlie Rose / in Current Affairs / on Thursday, May 7, 2009

WSJ blog: Meet Neel Kashkari: The Man With the $700 Billion Wallet

A conversation with James Carville about the book “40 More Years”.

Charlie Rose / in Current Affairs / on Monday, May 4, 2009

Start. / Special Report. / Video: 100 Days Behind the Lens. / Photos: Behind the Scenes with Obama.

A conversation with David Brooks of “The New York Times”

in Current Affairs / on Thursday, April 23, 2009