One vacancy could reshape court
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Monday's announcement that Chief Justice William Rehnquist is being treated for thyroid cancer was a reminder of one man's mortality - and of how a single vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court could change the dynamics of the divided panel.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's new term   has cases on abortion, the environment and racial diversity in   schools, some of the country's most contentious social issues   for a court primed to shift sharply to the right by President   George W. Bush's conservative appointees.
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Position created more than a year ago finally gets filled.
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The Supreme Court session starting tomorrow features many of the same wrenching issues that splintered the justices during the last term.
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A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upholds New York's system of choosing trial judges is likely to renew calls for legislative reform, but even some proponents of change say their chances of success are slim.
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The Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to alter the system used for sentencing 64,000 federal criminal defendants a year, but justices clashed over whether changes would create greater inequity.
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As the courts mull whether to rerun the election, lines sharpen along the country's east-west divide.
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In most courtrooms, even the most notorious defendant can count on a few basic rights. In Judge Henry R. Bauer&#39;s courtroom in Troy, NY, however, that was not always possible, the state&#39;s highest court found yesterday.
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The Supreme Court's controversial member jockeys for Chief Justice
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President Bush has yet to make a Supreme Court appointment, but with Chief Justice William Rehnquist ailing that could be about to change and trigger a divisive political battle right after the presidential campaign.
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not in the way that the court counted in 2000. If President Bush gets to make his first Supreme Court appointment
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A little county with a reputation for big lawsuits &#151; some call it a "judicial hellhole" &#151; is getting a visit from a man who wants to make it much tougher to sue somebody.
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President Bush's re-election makes it more likely Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will retire soon. And Republican gains in the Senate mean the president has more flexibility to nominate another strong conservative to fill that vacancy and other federal judgeships.
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Measures to "rebalance" the justice system and protect witnesses in anti-social court cases are to be announced.
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President Bush&#39;s re-election makes it more likely Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will retire soon. And Republican gains in the Senate mean the president has more flexibility
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In developments Monday at the Supreme Court, the court:
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Some experts predicted that the Supreme Court decision on sentencing guidelines would renew a struggle between Congress and the judiciary.