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As we know, US Courts of Appeals Judge, Ms. Rodham was nominated for the seat vacated by Mr. Justice White in 1993, by Bill Clinton. Justice Rodham has gone on to be the deciding vote in many cases, for instance upholding homosexuality ban in Lawrance v White and the Governments broad detention powers in the Guantanamo cases. She also ruled for commerce clause basis upholding in the ACA judgment, whats often forgotten is that Roberts would have upheld it only on tax grounds.

We know that Clinton hesitated to nominate her, she was a friend and even one of the Godmothers to former first son and current US Senator Ken(sington) Clinton. What if he had decided not to nominate her. Who would have he chosen?

Would she have left the bench for a political career, as she had sometimes said she was thinking off when the nomination came? I think Clinton had her in mind as a Cabinet member at one point during the transition.
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