Obama's Supreme Court lawyer ends 'intense' tenure

USA Today: WASHINGTON — The power struggle that has played out over the past five years between the Obama administration and the Supreme Court is about to lose its central player.

Even as the high court prepares to issue major rulings on abortion, immigration and affirmative action, U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli — the president's Supreme Court advocate — is relinquishing the lectern to his deputy, Ian Gershengorn. By Monday, when the justices may deliver the term's final verdicts, he will be jetting to Italy for a three-week vacation.

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