The Nation - News from Jan. 20, 1988
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The Senate Judiciary Committee announced it has scheduled a Jan. 27 vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Anthony M. Kennedy. A committee spokesman said a vote by the full Senate probably would be held sometime in the following week. The nominee is expected to win overwhelming committee approval and Senate confirmation. Kennedy, 51, a U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge since 1975, was nominated Nov. 11 for the high court seat vacant since the June 26 retirement of Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
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