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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday interviewed federal appeals court Judge Sidney Thomas of Montana for an opening on the Supreme Court, a person familiar with the conversation said.
The roughly hour-long session at the White House was the first known formal interview Obama has conducted for the upcoming vacancy on the high court.
Vice President Joe Biden also interviewed Thomas on Thursday, said the person,who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss Obama’s private deliberations.
The White House had no comment. A message left with Thomas’ chambers in Billings was not immediately returned.
