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The judge , Army Col. Stephen R. Henley , scheduled a hearing for next Tuesday on the defense motion to dismiss the charges.Jordan was charged with eight counts including cruelty and maltreatment of detainees last April 28 , two years after the shocking photos of reservists abusing and sexually humiliating inmates at the Iraq prison were first broadcast on CBS . He has argued he had no operational control over interrogations and spent most of his time trying to improve soldiers ' living conditions.Wearing a green dress uniform on Tuesday , Jordan generally said only , " Yes , sir , " and " No , sir , " to the judge 's routine questions.He is not in custody but is on extended active duty at the Intelligence and Security Command at Fort Belvoir , Va.Capt . " But it is very much an open question whether U.S. District Judge Simeon T. Lake III will let Skilling remain free pending an appeal , as defense lawyers recently requested , or whether he will order him into Bureau of Prisons custody immediately on Monday afternoon.The judge closed the book on the criminal case against Lay on Tuesday by tossing out his conviction on 10 charges because he died before he could appeal . " If you look at all the briefs , they are all written to Justice Kennedy , " said Benjamin W. Bull , chief counsel of the Alliance Defense Fund , an antiabortion legal organization.Solicitor General Paul D. Clement quotes Kennedy 's Stenberg dissent 22 times in his briefs defending the federal law , which was adopted by a wide margin in Congress and signed by Bush in 2003.Bush 's conservative appointees , Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr ., have thin track records on abortion , and some court-watchers say they may not be sure to vote to support the ban.As chief justice , Roberts might have institutional concerns if the court appears to abandon a major abortion ruling that has been on the books for only six years . China said Tuesday that those talks _ the latest round of which ended in December with no breakthrough _ will resume next week.Glaser said the two sides planned to meet again to talk further about U.S. financial restrictions imposed due to Pyongyang 's alleged smuggling and counterfeiting , but no date had been set.Washington took action against the Banco Delta Asia in 2005 , accusing the bank of complicity in North Korea 's alleged illegal financial activity such as counterfeiting and money-laundering.The move has caused other banks to steer clear of North Korean business for fear of losing access to the U.S. market , hampering the North 's access to the international financial system.The North says the restrictions are evidence of U.S. hostility.U.S . Justice Antonin Scalia has turned up at a sold-out breakfast meeting of the Northern Virginia Technology Council and mixed it up with the American Civil Liberties Union , and he has publicly debated the Constitution with fellow justice - - but not kindred spirit - - Stephen G. Breyer . The terms of both Takeshita and his replacement , Sosuke Uno , were cut short by influence-peddling and other scandals that shook the LDP and caused a public outcry for governmental reform . " Incandescent light bulbs were first developed almost 125 years ago , and since that time they have undergone no major modifications , " said Levine , a Democrat from Los Angeles , said in a news release Tuesday . Crist said he plans to provide more details on Thursday as he rolls out his 2007 budget requests over the next few days.Howard Simon , executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida , applauded the initiative but said Crist needs to go further to ensure equal-access to the polls . In 2001 , the OCC ruled that those lenders should be overseen by the federal government under the National Banking Act of 1864 , not by state regulators .