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Constitutionally, the answer is no. Article III calls for the creation of “one supreme Court,” but it says nothing about the number of justices. That’s left for Congress to decide. And there may be a strong case for keeping the court??s size at an even number...
Many of the court??s most controversial rulings have come on 5-4 votes. It’s possible that these votes were so close because the issues at stake were so contentious. But it’s also possible that 5-4 votes lack the imprimatur of authority that wider margins carry. As the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Arlen Specter, R-Pa, said after the court issued a 5-4 ruling in the 2000 case Bush v. Gore: “it naturally raises cynicism when you have so many 5-4 decisions...
...Court??s ruling on the case ends a legal battle that began in late July 2003. Middlesex Superior Court Justice Nancy Staffier originally heard the suit and dismissed it in March...
...Court??s ruling on a case it heard on Nov. 7, 2005 ends a legal battle that began in late July 2003. The case was originally heard by Middlesex Superior Court Justice Nancy Staffier, who dismissed the suit in March...
...reproductive rights debate favorably. According to a Pew Research Center poll conducted this past July, 70 percent of Americans believe that abortion is either sometimes or always morally wrong, yet, as a July 2005 CBS News poll reported, a full 60 percent of Americans believe that the Supreme Court??s decision in Roe v. Wade was a “good thing.” Many Americans, then, are uncomfortable with abortion on a moral level, but believe it must continue to be safe and legal...