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janet napolitano, we haven t mentioned the solicitor general, elena kagan right now. joining us from washington right now is cnn s john king and on the phone is our senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. my friend, we were talking about this in a series of e-mails after your appearance on fresh air with terry gross. there were clear signs that this day was coming and coming soon. yes. i interviewed justice stevens for the new yorker earlier this spring and on march 8th he told me that he would make up his mind about resigning in about a month. here it is, april 9th, true to his word. he has made up his mind. he has decided and a major, major tenure on the supreme court, 34.5, years comes to an end and a great opportunity comes to president obama. justice stevens, when you think of his career appointed by gerald ford in 1975, what comes to mind?

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