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High Court Divide Threatens to Deepen

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That's the title of a fascinating article in today's USA Today by Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic.  LINKThe Supreme Court began its current term in October with a high-profile caseload certain to help reveal the direction of the emerging Roberts Court. Then it took a raft of new cases and ramped up the intensity. The justices, who are likely to finish accepting appeals for the 2007-08 session today, have the potential for another riveting term. From gun rights to voter-identification laws to the death penalty, the cases are destined to play into election year politics and test this ideologically divided bench. Early signals suggest that divisions among the nine could be deepening and that the tensions seen at the end of last term may flare again...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 18, 2008 (boomark / email).