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Letter: Obama could be statesman

Here is an opportunity for President Obama to step up from being a politician to becoming a statesman. He would nominate a jurist as close as possible philosophically and intellectually to Antonin Scalia as he can find. Will he step up to the plate? Sadly, I doubt it.

Carlos Black

Beaufort

This story was originally published February 25, 2016 at 7:00 PM with the headline "Letter: Obama could be statesman."

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