Justice Thomas Hopes for Smooth Election
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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday he would prefer not to face another election-related lawsuit, but defended the high court's decision to get involved in the contentious dispute over the 2000 presidential vote in Florida.
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Description: Word of Chief Justice William Rehnquist&#39;s battle with thyroid cancer may force voters to glance at statements by President Bush and Sen. Kerry regarding their possible Supreme Court appointments.
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THE NEWS that Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, is suffering from thyroid cancer has properly moved the issue of Supreme Court appointments to the forefront of the presidential campaign.
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A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Gov. Bob Taft should have ordered a special election to fill the vacancy created when James A. Traficant Jr. was kicked out of Congress for a bribery and racketeering conviction.
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The incoming Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee promised on Wednesday to combat what he denounced as President George W. Bush's war-time trampling of American rights and laws.
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A dispute over when to hold an election to determine Republican Sen. Trent Lott's successor headed to court Wednesday.
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By Michael Sluss and Beth Jones, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 4--RICHMOND -- Vic Thomas was not a controversial figure during his 30-year career in the House of Delegates.
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A one-dimensional image of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as an uncompromising jurist belies his behind-the-scenes roles as maneuvering mentor and political adviser, a justice who's far more engaged in official Washington than he lets on.
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A justice who may cast the decisive vote on the closely divided U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sharply criticized using race to decide where students go to school.
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By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 11--A Sedgwick County district judge who has pushed for campaign reform in judicial elections for 10 years has asked a federal judge in Topeka to let him join a lawsuit against the commission that wants to keep candidates silent.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A U.S. envoy said before a  visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that Israel  should take steps to smooth the way for a Palestinian  presidential election scheduled for January.
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Republican Senate candidate John Thune says he&#39;ll appeal a judge&#39;s ruling over alleged intimidation of American Indian voters.
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Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist expects to be on the bench when the US Supreme Court convenes again on Monday, in spite of surgery on Saturday in connection with a recently diagnosed case of thyroid cancer.
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Although no one is quite certain of what Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist&#39;s thyroid cancer means for this election, everyone is clear that it ups the political ante: Following a month
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, the moderate Republican in line to head the Senate Judiciary Committee, pledged Sunday to move quickly on White House judicial nominees if he becomes chairman.
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Former House Majority Leader Tom  Delay&#039;s name must stay on a Texas ballot in upcoming  congressional elections, despite his decision to withdraw from  the race, a U.S. court judge in Austin, Texas, ruled on  Thursday.
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Chief Justice William Rehnquist&#39;s hospitalization with thyroid cancer last weekend has ramped up the urgency of an already dramatic presidential race.