Obama's Court Pick to Be Shaped by His Experience

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Before the court comes the courting.

President Barack Obama, zeroing on his first nomination to the Supreme Court, is reaching out Wednesday to senators he knows can set the tone and pace of the upcoming confirmation.

The president will meet at the White House with Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Sen. Jeff Sessions, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee. . .

In the toughest cases, Obama said, ''the critical ingredient is supplied by what is in the judge's heart.''


http://nytimes.com/aponline/2009/05/13/us/politics/AP-US-Obama-Supreme-Court.html