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...year, when they sniped at one another in unusually personal terms. Despite some high-profile splits at the end, only 17% of the cases were decided by 5-4 votes--down sharply from the previous term, in which 33% of the cases were 5-4 splits. Cases upholding voter-ID requirements, execution by lethal injection, federal efforts to curb child pornography, and the detention of American citizens in Iraq were decided unanimously or by lopsided majorities...
...Israeli authorities identified the driver, an East Jerusalem resident, by his ID card. Shortly before police descended on Dawyyat's home to arrest his relatives, his father Tayseer Dawyyat told journalists, "My son never spoke of plans to carry out such an attack. If he had, I would've tried to prevent him." Police said that Dawyyat had a criminal record, but did not reveal the nature of his offense...
...prisoners during a time of heightened national security concerns. ("It was a reasonably big slam," says Epstein.) Kennedy also authored the child rape case banning the death penalty as punishment, another pivotal decision. And he continually formed part of the majority in the other high-profile cases: voter ID, the lethal injection decision, Exxon and the child pornography ruling. By contrast, several prominent decisions this year did not go Roberts' way, most notably Guantanamo Bay and the child rape case. "If Roberts is trying to pull the court to the right, Kennedy is somewhat of a block," adds Epstein...
...Greg and his dad at a restaurant in La Jolla, Calif., where Tom runs a for-profit treatment center. After we were seated, I ordered a bottle of cabernet sauvignon, and the server asked for Greg's ID. "He's 17," Tom immediately said. He then asked the waiter if it would be O.K. if Greg drank with his approval. The waiter said...
...enacted in 2006. Yet according to the San Diego Police Department, patrol-car responses to parties in the city increased from 7,265 in 2002 to 9,383 last year. (This figure includes parties with both underage and of-age drinkers, since it's impractical for cops to ID everyone once they arrive. But it is teen parties that get the loudest...