The framers of our Constitution had a knack for coming right to the point, and it shows in the 35-word oath that ends with a pledge to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution itself. This is what we require and expect of every president, no matter what the agenda or loyalties of party. For the ...
McCain Outlines Judicial Philosophy, Slams Obama
cbsnews.comFound 9 days, 9 hours, 19 minutes, and 41 seconds ago
McCain Says He Would Put Conservatives on Supreme Court
media.washingtonpost.comFound 8 days, 22 hours, 47 minutes, and 32 seconds agoWINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 6 -- Highlighting an issue he plans to use aggressively in the general election campaign, Sen. John McCain on Tuesday decried
John McCain 2008
johnmccain.comFound 9 days, 6 hours, 56 minutes, and 25 seconds agoThe framers of our Constitution had a knack for coming right to the point, and it shows in the 35-word oath that ends with a pledge to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution itself. This is what we require and expect of every president, no matter what the agenda or loyalties of party. For the ...
McCain castigates Obama on judges - The Associated Press
ap.google.comFound 9 days, 8 hours, 15 minutes, and 46 seconds agoNBC Augusta McCain castigates Obama on judges The Associated Press - 4 hours ago WINSTON-SALEM, NC (AP) - Republican John McCain criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for voting against John Roberts as US chief justice, reaching out to the Christian right on one of their chief concerns: ...
Text of McCain's Speech at Wake Forest University on Judicial Philosophy
forthardknox.comFound 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes, and 12 seconds agoThe framers of our Constitution had a knack for coming right to the point, and it shows in the 35-word oath that ends with a pledge to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution itself. This is what we require and expect of every president, no matter what the agenda or loyalties of party. For the ...
McCain pledges more conservative judges
cnn.comFound 9 days, 8 hours, 24 minutes, and 30 seconds agoSen. John McCain moved to shore up his support among conservatives by pledging Tuesday to nominate strict constructionist, conservative judges to the federal bench.
McCain makes pledge on conservative judges
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.comFound 9 days, 6 hours, 54 minutes, and 27 seconds agoWatch clips from John McCain's speech Tuesday. (CNN) - Sen. John McCain moved to shore up his support among conservatives by pledging Tuesday to nominate strict-constructionist judges to the federal bench. ...
McCain will seek judges like Roberts, Alito
reuters.comFound 9 days, 9 hours, 13 minutes, and 22 seconds agoWINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Tuesday he would appoint judges in the mold of conservatives John Roberts, Samuel Alito and former Chief Justice William Rehnquist if he were elected in November. In an excerpt from a speech McCain was to ...
McCain on His Judicial Philosophy
realclearpolitics.comFound 8 days, 23 hours, 41 minutes, and 35 seconds agoThank you, Ted, and thank you all very much. Dr. Hatch, I'm grateful for your invitation to this great university. And Senator Richard Burr, thank you for that warm welcome to North Carolina and to Wait Chapel. ...
What McCain's Speech Isn't About
marcambinder.theatlantic.comFound 9 days, 9 hours, 51 minutes, and 25 seconds agoJournalists who pressed for details about "the abortion speech" or the "gay marriage speech" were told, repeatedly, that the speech was not about those issues at all, really, and would focus exclusively on McCain's longstanding convictions about judicial nominations and the appropriate power of judges. ...
McCain will seek judges like Roberts and Alito
news.yahoo.comFound 9 days, 3 hours, 14 minutes, and 37 seconds agoRepublican presidential candidate John McCain said on Tuesday he would appoint judges in the mold of conservatives John Roberts, Samuel Alito and former Chief Justice William Rehnquist if he were elected in November.
Bench marks: McCain, the GOP, and judges
michellemalkin.comFound 9 days, 13 hours, 8 minutes, and 51 seconds agoThe judicial debate will heat up this morning on two fronts: At 10am, McCain addresses the subject at Wake Forest University. […] Read the rest »
McCain on the Issues
crosstabs.orgFound 9 days, 3 hours, 53 minutes, and 14 seconds agoI've said a thousand times on this campaign trail, I've said as often as I can, that I want to find clones of Alito and Roberts. I look you in the eye and tell you I've said a thousand times that I wanted Alito and Roberts. That included Senator Specter and other not-always-dependable Republicans. Judges ...
McCain on judicial activism: Look no farther than Obama
hotair.comFound 9 days, 3 hours, 15 minutes, and 10 seconds agoJohn McCain gave a speech today on the critical nature of judicial appointments not just to the presidential election, but to the balance of power and the restraint of federal government. […] Read th ...
McCain Criticizes Democratic Rivals on 'Activist' Judges
thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.comFound 9 days, 11 hours, 2 minutes, and 20 seconds ago
McCain Says He Would Put Conservatives on Supreme Court
washingtonpost.comFound 9 days, 1 hour, 33 minutes, and 23 seconds agoWINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 6 -- Highlighting an issue he plans to use aggressively in the general election campaign, Sen. John McCain on Tuesday decried
firstread.msnbc.msn.com
From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- On a day where public attention is being lavished on the state's Democratic Party, John McCain tried to address forgotten Republicans today at Wake Forest University this morning, explaining why he's the candidate to trust when it comes to nominating ...
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powerlineblog.com
Senator McCain delivered an address on judicial philosophy at Wake Forest University today. It's very strong, very sound speech. You...
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althouse.blogspot.com
Ah. I got my question in just now, which was to invite him to talk about what sort of person he would put on the Supreme Court, and specifically if he would strengthen a conservative majority or if he would work with liberals and others who care about preserving the balance that we've had on the Court for so long. He said he wanted, above all, a person with "a proven record of strict construction." This is "probably a conservative position, but," he said, "I'm proud of that position." He wants judges who won't "legislate.
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balkin.blogspot.com
Yesterday, John McCain said :
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thecurrent.theatlantic.com
Gang member
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allspinzone.com
John McCain is still campaigning, and yesterday it was to the base of the Republican Party, the Christian conservatives. He said all the right things to that crowd about the appointment of judges ( the AP story about the speech is here ). To that end, he'll probably hearten the Christian conservatives who until now are luke warm on the McCain candidacy, but McCain forgets he's still going to face a Democratic Senate.
Found 8 days, 14 hours, 50 minutes, and 30 seconds ago
newsbusters.org
Those opposed to the Roe v Wade abortion decision are "the far right" in the vernacular of the Associated Press. In a dispatch datelined from Winston-Salem, North Carolina where John McCain delivered an address Tuesday castigating Barack Obama for voting against the confirmations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, as he pledged to name non-activist judges, reporter Libby Quaid wrote:
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thecarpetbaggerreport.com
on his commitment to nominating conservative judges to the federal bench if elected president. Bork's name didn't come up in his speech, of course, but so long as McCain's intentions with regards to the judiciary are on the front-burner today, let's take a closer look at the 1987 speech McCain delivered on the Senate floor on Bork's behalf.
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truthdig.com
The Democrats have been worried about unifying their party, so it's odd that John McCain would pick this moment to give them another reason to band together. If elected, McCain said Tuesday, he would think of conservative Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito "as the model for my own nominees" to the Supreme Court.
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firedoglake.com
60% Obama
Well, it looks like NC and Indiana are both already decided, with Indiana going for Clinton and NC going for Obama. The shot clock is running out in the bottom of the 8th, and Hillary is not picking up yards, not even on the power play.
Also, disappointingly, it looks like progressive gay candidate Jim Neal is getting crushed by DSCC apparatchik Kay Hagan in the NC-SEN primary. Feh.
In lieu of more labored horse-race analysis, I would like to provide the following as a public service announcement for all those Clinton supporters who refuse to vote for Obama, and all those Obama supporters who refuse to vote for Clinton:
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freerepublic.com
John McCain 2008 ^ | 5-6-2008 | John McCain
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Have pro-defendant rulings gotten Justices Scalia and Thomas thrown off the "Justices like..." list?
sentencing.typepad.com
John McCain has this new statement on judicial selection on his official website. There is a lot of interesting stuff that merits comment, but I was particularly intrigued to see the discussion of the type of Justices he promises to nominate: I will look for accomplished men and women with a proven record of excellence in the law, and a proven commitment to judicial restraint. I will look for people in the cast of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and my friend the late William Rehnquist -- jurists of the highest caliber who know their own minds, and know the law, and know the difference.
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blogofascists.com
The judicial debate will heat up this morning on two fronts: At 10am, McCain addresses the subject at Wake Forest University. […] Read the rest »
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partners.nytimes.com
The Caucus: What to Watch For | McCain Criticizes Rivals
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townhall.com
The press has trouble grasping this important distinction:
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nofishnonuts.blogspot.com
But if McCain inherits the throne, there will be no chance of that:
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elephantbiz.com
Earlier this morning, in remarks at Wake Forest University, John McCain spelled out the positions of his opponents: For both Senator Obama and Senator Clinton, it turned out that not even John Roberts was quite good enough for them. Senator Obama in particular likes to talk up his background as a lecturer on law, and also as someone who can work across the aisle to get things done. But when Judge Roberts was nominated, it seemed to bring out more the lecturer in Senator Obama than it did the guy who can get things done.
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donkeydish.com
Remember when he was touted - and touted himself - as a maverick ?
Well, those days are long gone for Sen. John McCain, a.k.a. Bush 2.0 , who moved to shore up his support among conservatives by pledging Tuesday to nominate strict-constructionist judges to the federal bench.
"It will fall to the next president to nominate hundreds of qualified men and women to the federal courts , and the choices we make will reach far into the future," the will-be Republican presidential nominee said.
"My two prospective opponents and I have different ideas about the nature and proper exercise of judicial power," added McCain, speaking at Wake Forest, in reference to Sens.
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vichydems.blogspot.com
-- not the minority, but the majority -- actually whined to Stewart, "I'm as disappointed as the American people are we haven't had more change," blaming the Republican minority for merely THREATENING to filibuster Democratic legislation -- yet he hasn't ever forced the Republicans to actually follow through with a real filibuster, let alone punished them in the public eye for doing so.
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democracyforvancouver.org
But if McCain inherits the throne, there will be no chance of that:
"I will look for people in the cast of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and my friend the late William Rehnquist -- jurists of the highest caliber who know their own minds, and know the law, and know the difference," McCain said.
We can only hope that we have people of Mildred and Richard Loving's character and courage in the future to continue the fights against bigots - and for our basic freedoms.
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bilerico.com
Who needs Judges interested in justice? Not John McCain.
In a speech a Wake Forest University today , McCain once again proved that he is no maverick or free thinker. He has just continued his pander-tics tour for the religious right.
In his speech, McCain promised to appoint judges who are in the mold of Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, saying: "They would serve as the model for my own nominees if that responsibility falls to me."
Continue reading "John McCain: Pander-
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crimeandconsequences.com
Hat-tip to Paul Cassell at the Volokh Conspiracy for the link to the text of Senator McCain's speech on his judicial appointment philosophy. The speech was given today at Wake Forest University and outlines McCain's conservative philosophy of appointing qualified judges to positions in the federal courts. For McCain, qualified judges are those who will apply the Constitution, and the laws of democratically elected representatives, to each case at hand. This would include "people in the cast of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and the late William Rehnquist" because these were jurists "who knew their own minds, and know the law, and know the difference.
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wheatandweeds.blogspot.com
McCain gave a major speech on his judicial philosophy this morning. Here's how he frames the problem. The executive, legislative, and judicial branches are often wary of one another's excesses, and they should be. They seek to keep each other within bounds, and they are supposed to. And though you wouldn't always know it from watching the day-to-day affairs of modern Washington, the framers knew exactly what they were doing, and the system of checks and balances rarely disappoints.
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inforumblog.com
Here are two takes on his speech today. This from the AP.
Republican John McCain criticized Democratic rival Barack Obama for voting against John Roberts as U.S. chief justice, reaching out to the Christian right on one of their chief concerns: the proper role of judges in government.
Conservatives contend that federal judges have upset the constitutional balance of power among the courts, the Congress and the presidency by making far-reaching decisions, such as one in 2005 that let cities seize people's homes to make way for shopping malls.
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proecclesia.blogspot.com
UPDATE: the full speech is now posted on the McCain website here
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rightwingwatch.org
" speech today, John McCain blasted Democratic "obstruction" of President Bush's nominees and held himself up as a paragon of virtue and integrity:
Of course, in the daily routine of Senate obstructionism, presidential nominees to the lower courts are now lucky if they get a hearing at all. These courts were created long ago by the Congress itself, on what then seemed the safe assumption that future Senates would attend to their duty to fill them with qualified men and women nominated by the president.
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blurredproductions.wordpress.com
In case you hadn't heard there's a primary (or two) today .
And if you need some perspective about this election: remember my fellow Democrats, we all think this guy's a jackass. That's what everyone needs to keep in mind through out tonight…
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multi-medium.net
Just a little helpful reminder:
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Tuesday he would appoint judges in the mold of conservatives John Roberts, Samuel Alito and former Chief Justice William Rehnquist if he were elected in November.
In an excerpt from a speech McCain was to give in Winston-Salem on Tuesday, the Arizona senator said he would "look for accomplished men and women with a proven record of excellence in the law, and a proven commitment to judicial restraint."
"I will look for people in the cast of John Roberts, Samuel Alito, and my friend the late William Rehnquist -- jurists of the highest caliber who know their own minds, and know the law, and know the difference," McCain said.
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biglizards.net
Paul says that McCain's speech on his future judicial appointments was " very strong, very sound ." Since I know that many of our readers are lawyers, real ones; and as I've heard that lawyers sometimes disagree with and don't trust the judgment of one another; I have continued the tradition of quoting extensively from McCain's own speech in the "slither on;" in this case, "extensively" means the entire speech.
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splendainthegrass.blogspot.com
If anyone has any doubt about what a McCain win would mean for the country, just read this . Mr. McCain says that "Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. 'would serve as the model for my own nominees, if that responsibility falls to me.'" I do love the code people like this use. He doesn't want activist judges. He doesn't want judges who legislate.
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opiniojuris.org
Some clues to the types of judges a President McCain might appoint can be found in his speech today. Readers of this blog might be interested in McCain's criticism of Roper v. Simmons and its musings on international law.
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brothersjuddblog.com
According to advanced excerpts of his speech on his judicial philosophy today, McCain will blast both Obama and Clinton for supporting judicial activism. âThey are both lawyers themselves, and don't seem to mind at all when fundamental questions of social policy are preemptively decided by judges instead of by the people and their elected representatives. Nor have they raised objections to the unfair treatment of judicial nominees. For both Senator Obama and Senator Clinton, it turned out that not even John Roberts was quite good enough for them⦠And just where did John Roberts fall short, by [Obamaâs] measure?
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opiniojuris.powerblogs.com
Some clues to the types of judges a President McCain might appoint can be found in his speech today. Readers of this blog might be interested in McCain's criticism of Roper v. Simmons and its musings on international law.
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pursuingholiness.com
Added: Allahpundit writes -
If we expect to end judicial activism, then we have to have a President willing to nominate justices in the mold of Roberts and Alito. We can't even get Obama and Clinton to follow the majority of their Democratic colleagues to confirm such choices, let alone appoint them.
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stubbornfacts.us
I complained a year ago that GOP candidates routinely namechecked Our Hero and Justice Thomas as models for the kind of justices they would nominate, but neglected to mention Bill Rehnquist. The late Chief Justice almost single-handedly resurrected federalism as a serious issue in jurisprudence, and at very least snatched it back from its imminent demise at the hands of Bill Brennan (indeed, the patient's heart stopped at one point, requiring defibrillation ). "If I were picking Justices," I noted, "I would want someone who had Scalia's [general] approach to law, but with Rehnquist's focus on federalism.
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liberaldoomsayer.blogspot.com
So "Senator Honor And Virtue" criticized Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for very wisely opposing the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court (a related post is here; glad the two Dem nominees weren't in that group of 22 senators who caved).
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blog.news-record.com
The day's news properly belongs to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, but John McCain's remarks at Wake Forest University today deserve attention.
He spoke about the proper role of the courts and the philosophy of judicial restraint, which to him means deciding cases within the framework of law.
McCain decried the Senate's blockage of judicial nominees, which he said has created a crisis in the courts. He noted his role as one of the "Gang of 14" -- seven Republicans and seven Democrats -- who forged an agreement to stop the filibuster strategy.
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cactusalliance.org
plan, we'd like to note).
Interested readers are encouraged to CLICK HERE to read the entire Gingrich memo to congressional Republicans. Following his advice, it's actually possible to see a path back to the majority.
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blogofascists.com
McCain, the eventual GOP nominee, promised to appoint judges in the mold of Roberts and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, saying they would interpret the law strictly to curb the scope of their rulings. While McCain didn't mention abortion, the far right understands that such nominees would be likely to limit or perhaps overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
An excerpt from the top of " McCain castigates Obama on judges ," posted at 6:39 PM EDT ...
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stubbornfacts.us
I complained a year ago that GOP candidates routinely namechecked Our Hero and Justice Thomas as models for the kind of justices they would nominate, but neglected to mention Bill Rehnquist. The late Chief Justice almost single-handedly resurrected federalism as a serious issue in jurisprudence, and at very least snatched it back from its imminent demise at the hands of Bill Brennan (indeed, the patient's heart stopped at one point, requiring defibrillation ). "If I were picking Justices," I noted, "I would want someone who had Scalia's [general] approach to law, but with Rehnquist's focus on federalism.
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thepage.time.com
Clinton response: "We won't take lectures on the right way to approach the Constitution from Senator McCain, who voted for extreme conservative judges like Justice Thomas." Read full response.
Obama response: "John McCain promised his conservative base four more years of out-of-touch judges…." Read full response.
Earlier Tuesday, McCain criticizes Clinton and Obama in address assuring conservatives he will nominate judges who strictly interpret the Constitution.
Click above to watch.
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mmrogers.wordpress.com
Regarding the previous post, another categorical distinction must also be made-that between the domains of judicial and democratic power.
The question, I suppose, is of the place of the judiciary in the democratic process. As I sat writing last night, I was angry that the State of Georgia, with the express permission of this nation's highest court and, presumably, acting in accordance with the aggregate opinion of its people, executed-that is, killed-a human being.
The Constitution of the United States of America holds that questions of constitutionality are to be decided by federal courts.
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weblogs.chicagotribune.com
Sen. John McCain at Wake Forest University's Wait Chapel as wife Cindy watches May 6, 2008 in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Photo by Davis Turner/Getty Images)
by Frank James
Why do social conservatives insist on wringing promises from Republican presidential nominees that they will only appoint federal judges who will make conservatives happy when those promises have so often been broken?
Sen. John McCain, the all-but-official Republican presidential nominee, is the latest GOP presidential aspirant to have to try and win over his party's conservatives by promising to name strict constructionist judges (though he didn't use those words) to the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
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weblogs.baltimoresun.com
Sen. John McCain at Wake Forest University's Wait Chapel as wife Cindy watches May 6, 2008 in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Photo by Davis Turner/Getty Images)
by Frank James
Why do social conservatives insist on wringing promises from Republican presidential nominees that they will only appoint federal judges who will make conservatives happy when those promises have so often been broken?
Sen. John McCain, the all-but-official Republican presidential nominee, is the latest GOP presidential aspirant to have to try and win over his party's conservatives by promising to name strict constructionist judges (though he didn't use those words) to the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
Found 9 days, 11 hours, 18 minutes, and 38 seconds ago
cactusalliance.com
plan, we'd like to note).
Interested readers are encouraged to CLICK HERE to read the entire Gingrich memo to congressional Republicans. Following his advice, it's actually possible to see a path back to the majority.
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warminglaw.typepad.com
Meanwhile, be on the lookout for potential fireworks as Gingrich envisions-- particularly if judges do end up emerging, as Senator McCain put it in his remarks today, as "one of the defining issues of this presidential election."
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