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Jordan also deferred his decision on whether to be court-martialed by a judge or by a jury of at least five fellow officers , all of equal or greater rank than he . Our citizens do n't much care which side of the aisle we sit on - - as long as we are willing to cross that aisle when there is work to be done . " I have no doubt if the Supreme Court overturns Roe that Virginia would be one of the states that makes it illegal to have an abortion , " said Ann O'Hanlon , executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia.Many Supreme Court observers have said the court is one or two votes from reversing the 1973 decision that established a woman 's right to an abortion.Abortion has been a tumultuous political issue in Virginia , where polls show that about 40 percent of the electorate identify themselves as born-again Christians . without a mandatory middle , " she said.The court yesterday also unanimously struck down a lower court 's decision that made it harder for prisoners to bring lawsuits alleging mistreatment . " We have become a magnet for this , " said John Goodwin of the Humane Society of the United States , whose investigative work led to the raid last weekend in Mecklenburg County . But he has since warmed himself with black coffee ; a vivid sun now cuts the chill ; and the long wait for work has yet to dampen his naturally buoyant disposition.At 8:45 a.m ., a minivan pulls off Route 1 and rolls slowly through the L-shaped parking lot of the 7-Eleven , which anchors one corner of a bustling intersection flanked by boxy stores . " It was my decision to withdraw when I did , and I did so believing that it was in the best interest of the White House . In short , the current gender imbalance in middle school staffing may be reducing the gender gap in science by helping girls but exacerbating the gender gap in reading by handicapping boys , " according to a summary of his study in the latest NBER Digest.The Experiment : KatrinaNearly 2,000 people have participated in our latest online experiment , but we want more , more , more . The law said that Cunningham should receive the middle term unless the judge found one or more " circumstances in aggravation . Among the scientists she faults for writing soft porn : Francis Bacon , who wrote in his 1623 work " Of the Dignity and Advancement of Learning " that " neither ought a man to make scruple of entering and penetrating into those holes and corners [ of nature ] when the inquisition of truth is his whole object . " The ball lies in California 's court , " Ginsburg said.Justices Antonin Scalia , David H. Souter , John Paul Stevens and Clarence Thomas also were in the majority on an issue that confounds the typical conservative-liberal split on the court.Ohio State University law professor Douglas Berman , an expert on sentencing law , said the decision makes one point crystal clear . " The court has recognized for a century that in that area , when national banks have powers , including incidental powers recognized by the comptroller , they generally preempt any state law , " said Robert A. Long Jr ., who represents Wachovia , but whose case is supported by the entire banking industry.Roberts said it seemed that banks wanted to be viewed as federally governed on regulation issues but state-based to shelter themselves from liability issues . The Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce hosted the ceremony , and Robert Cresanti , undersecretary of commerce for technology , presented the award.Odin , which opened in 2002 , supplies RFID technology to Wal-Mart , Target and the U.S. Department of Defense to help track inventory or other assets.Biometric Passport ReadyBearingPoint Inc. , a McLean management and technology consulting firm , announced this week that it had completed work on designing a biometric passport for the Irish government .