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After years as justice, John Paul Stevens wants what's 'best for the court'

By Robert BarnesWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, April 4, 2010; A01FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- Around here, one of the most powerful men in the nation is known as plain old John Stevens -- courteous bridge player, early-morning regular at the country club's tennis courts, a quiet but active condo neighbor who checks his weight in the gym before heading off for his daily swim.But those who cross paths with him in his second home of South Florida have the same question as the president of the United States, the leadership of Congress, the abortion rights combatants, the disgruntled conservative legal activists and the grateful civil libertarians, all of whom know him as Justice John Paul Stevens."Do you think he's going to retire?" asks his friend Raymond A...continue to full post

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