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...justices could rule early this week, given the speed with which the court has already moved on this case. (The record time in recent years is a four-day turnaround from oral arguments to ruling in the 1971 Pentagon-papers case.) Judicial experts offer three scenarios...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: May It Please The Court | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

This is not your father's Latin, which was taught to elite college-bound high schoolers and drilled into them through memorization. Its tedium and perceived irrelevance almost drove Latin from public schools. Today's growth in elementary school Latin has been spurred by new, interactive oral curriculums, enlivened by lessons in Roman mythology and culture. "One thing that makes it engaging for kids is the goofy fun of investigating these guys in togas," says Marion Polsky, author of First Latin: A Language Discovery Program, the textbook used in Fairfax City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Case for Latin | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...ANTHONY M. KENNEDY APPOINTED BY Ronald Reagan (1988) For the most part he's been a reliable conservative, but he has become an occasional swing vote, especially on abortion rights. During oral arguments two weeks ago, he was skeptical of the Florida Supreme Court's decision to extend the recount deadline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Nine Supremes Line Up | 12/10/2000 | See Source »

...STEPHEN BREYER APPOINTED BY Bill Clinton (1994) A cautious jurist who usually votes with court liberals - except on criminal cases - Breyer is a pragmatist. In the first round of oral arguments in this case, he wanted to know the real consequences that would flow if the Court decided one way or another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How the Nine Supremes Line Up | 12/10/2000 | See Source »

...with a strong chance that by day's end Gore might pick up enough votes to move ahead of Bush for the first time. Then the U.S. Supreme Court joined the battle. In another acrimonious split decision - this one 5 to 4 - the Justices halted the recount and scheduled oral arguments for Monday on George W. Bush's claim that the manual counts are unconstitutional and could do "irreparable harm" to his candidacy. Al Gore's top lawyer, David Boies, was eating lunch with another hotshot lawyer, Stephen Zack, when the news came over the television. Boise threw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War This Time | 12/10/2000 | See Source »

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