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Nov. 1, 2006

In Pro Per

Plucked from (relative) obscurity to be a legal pundit on TV: Wake me when it's over. By Dean Johnson

By Dean Johnson
     
      My Life as a Pundit
      It's 3 a.m. on October 31, 2005. The cell phone rings on my nightstand. The assignment manager at Channel 7 gets right to the point: "Dean, Bush has just nominated Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. We need you in front of a camera by 4:30." Forty-five minutes later I have showered, dressed in the dark, and rendezvou...

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