This 2011 photo provided by former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb shows Judge Arenda Wright Allen. She has been on the federal bench for less than three years, and is now overseeing the highest-profile case of her short judicial career: a lawsuit seeking to overturn Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Courtesy U.S. Sen. Jim Webb via The Virginian-Pilot) MAGS OUT
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