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Indeed, only one Supreme Court justice in history, one Horace Lurton, nominated by President [John] Taft, had more federal appeals court experience [than Samuel Alito].

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Jon Kyl
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: April 25
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Jon Llewellyn Kyl
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