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" 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 . Senate Republicans Prevent Vote on Minimum-Wage BillSenate Republicans blocked Democrats yesterday from fulfilling a campaign promise to increase the federal minimum wage , demanding that the pay increase be paired with a tax break for small businesses.On a vote of 54 to 43 , Democrats fell six short of the 60 needed to end debate and go to passage of a House-approved bill to raise the minimum wage for the first time in a decade - - boosting it over two years to $ 7.25 per hour from $ 5.15 . Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed that bill but has not taken a position on the light bulb proposal.Assemblyman Jared Huffman , who represents San Rafael , is working on a similar bill.Critics say people should be allowed to make their own choices about which bulbs they buy , but Levine , who heads the Assembly 's Utilities and Commerce Committee , points out that electric utilities give them away . " We had one gamecock with his windpipe exposed , another with a bone sticking out of his wing and another with a chest wound so bad that you could see his organs moving inside his chest cavity , " said Goodwin , who went with officers from the Mecklenburg County sheriff 's department in last weekend 's raid.Cockfighting has been banned in 48 states , including Virginia , not only for its brutality but also because of the prevalence of gambling , often with tens of thousands of dollars at stake . Given the emotional appeal of reunification , it is likely that the North-South dialogue will continue , despite the problems involved ; however , the tensions that developed in late 2002 have , for the time being , derailed any significant further reunification talks . Until his death in 1994 , all governmental institutions were controlled by Kim Il Sung ( widely known as The Great Leader ) , who had been premier and then president since the country 's inception in 1948 . The greatest industrial advances were made during the 1960s ; in that decade the South experienced an 85 % increase in productivity and a 250 % rise in per capita gross national product . Sixteen countries collected more than 50 unpaid tickets per diplomat per year , while 22 had none . " Gaithersburg Mayor Sidney A. Katz said that he would withhold judgment on the location until he meets with Leggett today in Rockville . " The ultimate decision is likely to be one of the most defining of the court headed by the new chief justice , John G. Roberts Jr ., and a powerful statement about where the nation stands more than 50 years after Brown v. Board of Education demanded an end to segregated schools.The court , encouraged by the Bush administration , has grown increasingly distrustful of racial classifications , and it reached out to take up the cases challenging schools in Seattle and Louisville even though appeals courts had upheld them as constitutional.Because of the stakes , the day at the court took on a feeling of great import - - there were demonstrations on the plaza out front , some people camped overnight in freezing temperatures to secure a spot in the courtroom , and the lines for members of the bar began forming before dawn . She found a dramatic drop in teacher quality since the 1950s , with the biggest decline occurring in the 1980s.For example , she found that in 1970 about 30 percent of women in their twenties who scored in the top 20 percent on IQ and other tests became teachers , compared with only 8 or 9 percent of twentysomething women in the 1990s . President Bush implored lawmakers and the nation last night to give him one more chance to win the war in Iraq and avoid the " nightmare scenario " of defeat while presenting a domestic agenda intended to find common cause with the new Democratic Congress on issues such as energy and immigration.Politically wounded but rhetorically unbowed , Bush gave no ground on his decision to dispatch 21,500 more troops to Iraq despite a bipartisan cascade of criticism . Journalists had noted that fall that Rehnquist 's speech was sometimes slurred on the bench , and The Washington Post reported on the hospitalization.But the files reveal dramatic new details about the length and intensity of the addiction . " I will fight those charges until the day I die . Webb , a Vietnam War veteran and former Republican who won his Senate seat in November 's midterm elections , told CNN today that the conflict is " only going to be resolved with strong diplomatic participation and overt ownership among other countries in that region that have relations with the sects that are involved inside Iraq . The per capita gross domestic product of the South is some 20 times that of the North . In fiscal 2006 , the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 510,000 people attempting to unlawfully enter the United States via Arizona , half of the total for the 2,000 - mile-long southern border , according to government statistics.Phoenix is recognized as the hub of the immigrant smuggling trade , stocked with safe houses where illegal immigrants , known as pollos , or chickens , are held until relatives or friends pay about $ 1,600 a head and they are moved out on the highways that crisscross the city . Abortion rights advocates believe that , despite his past support of a state ban on the late-term procedure that opponents call " partial birth , " he may now assume the moderating " swing vote " role that retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor formerly played . " Ultimately , the doctors concluded that the withdrawal symptoms were so severe that they began giving Rehnquist the drug again and slowly lowered the dosage until he quit taking it entirely Feb. 7 , 1982.By 1986 , the files show , all the doctors interviewed by the FBI said the former drug dependence should not affect Rehnquist 's future work on the court , and it did not become an issue in his confirmation as chief justice.Alexander Charns , a lawyer in Durham , N.C ., who was among the scholars and journalists who received the documents this week , said that in his view , they contain evidence of " the ongoing use of the FBI for political purposes , not only in the sixties and seventies but well into the 1980s .