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" [ I ] t must give you pause that your analysis is of a term , ' drug-trafficking crime ' or ' illicit trafficking , ' and your theory leads to the conclusion that simple possession equates with drug trafficking , " Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said.Kneedler replied that " a lot of state statutes dealing with drugs do not , are not patterned directly after the federal statute , and there is no reason why Congress would have insisted that they do so in order for this statute to operate sensibly . " We are reaching out to solve a practical problem , " Leggett said in a prepared statement . We alternate the meeting spot so no one from their side knows exactly where we 'll be . Bush appointed her White House counsel when Alberto Gonzales became attorney general.Yet those eager for a nominee with conservative judicial decision-making experience joined other critics who noted that Miers had never been a judge and lacked credentials in constitutional law . Aptima is also working on a long-term defense project with engineering students at George Mason.The grant not only helps government agencies but also equips college students with valuable experience they can take to several government contracting firms after graduation , Paley said . " Allegations that the government has been arming or masterminding militias known as the janjaweed are absolutely false , " al-Mardi said.He said armed groups of mostly Arab tribesmen in the region were part of regular army forces , not militia , but conceded that " maybe other people misrepresent themselves by wearing police or army uniforms to commit crimes . " People are fearful of cognitive decline , and the idea that a small and simple intervention can have an impact is pretty compelling . " She acknowledged , however , that the justices probably could have done a better job with the opinion if they had n't been rushed.Still , O'Connor said the outcome of the election would have been the same even if the court had not intervened.She was referring to studies that suggest Bush would have won a recount limited to counties that Gore initially contested , although other studies said Gore might have prevailed in a statewide recount . That 's key , because about 70 percent of teachers in kindergarten through 12th grade are women , a proportion that has not changed much in decades.At the same time , the proportion of smart women who entered other professions soared as doors to other , higher-paying professions slowly swung open . We said we were going to move to resolve this in a practical way , and that 's precisely what we're doing . But his case is not moot , because if he wins , he would be permitted to seek a cancellation of his deportation order and return legally to the United States.Lopez 's attorney , Robert A. Long Jr ., told the court that the administration 's position would undermine the uniformity of national immigration rules , because " what it is arguing is that states can banish noncitizens and can do so by enacting drug laws deciding to make a simple possession offense a felony .