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- -01-05-06 Alito Expected to Move Supreme Court Decisively to the Right (Christian Science Monitor)
"Not since the 1987 nomination of Judge Robert Bork to replace retiring moderate Justice Lewis Powell has the high court faced such an abrupt move to the right in so many areas at once. And not since the Bork nomination has there been such a large and determined coalition assembled in opposition to a high court nominee, analysts say."
"Supporters portray Alito as a careful, conservative jurist within the mainstream of American legal thought. Opponents paint him as an agenda-driven ideologue." 01-06
- -10-02-06 Supreme Court's Issues for the Year (PBS News)
"The U.S. Supreme Court began its next term Monday with cases on late-term abortions, the use of race in school admissions, patent law and pollution control. Legal experts discuss the cases and the issues that will define the new term." 10-06
- -12-07-06 Florida Court Removes Judge as Unfit (USAToday.com)
"A judge who jailed 11 people because they were late for traffic court after being directed to the wrong courtroom lost his job Thursday, as the state Supreme Court ruled he was unfit to remain on the bench." 12-06
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