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" While the president continues to ignore the will of the country , Congress will not ignore this president 's failed policy , " they said . Supreme Court deliberations are private , but yesterday 's oral arguments on whether it is constitutional to allow school systems to use race in making school assignments became as much a public debate between the divided justices as a questioning of lawyers.And after two hours , it seemed to reflect a court majority highly skeptical of the proposition that the benefits of racially diverse public schools can justify any restriction on an individual 's constitutional right to equal protection . The high court in this term has already reversed a 9th Circuit decision that overturned a death sentence.Dieter said the justices are " in a rather complex area of the law . Under those laws , abortion would be illegal except if the life of the woman or fetus is endangered . Subsequent factional strife gave way , in the 18th cent ., to economic prosperity and a cultural and intellectual renaissance . His ears had turned numb during the predawn hike from his brother-in-law 's house to the U.S. Route 1 gas station , where he had hitched a ride to the convenience store . Among New York 's ethnically diverse Muslim immigrants , Yildirim earned special regard for his willingness to accommodate the funeral rituals of any nationality and smooth a body 's way home with officials of any airline or embassy.Yildirim began volunteering at the 66th Precinct in 2000 . " Your argument , " he told Priscilla Smith , a lawyer for doctors challenging the law , " is that there is always a constitutional right to use what the physician thinks is the safest procedure . " Having poetry books around is actively harmful by about the same amount , " perhaps because it signals a " Bohemian " lifestyle that may encourage kids to become guitar-strumming , poetry-reading dreamers.Still Time to Play the News GameMore than 800 people have played the News Game , the latest online experiment conducted by The Washington Post , washingtonpost.com and Stanford University 's Political Communication Lab . Instead , the judge , after listing specific mitigating factors , issued a more generic direction to consider any other circumstance that " extenuates the gravity of the crime even though it is not a legal excuse for the crime . " President Bush will propose reducing gasoline consumption in the United States by 20 percent over the next 10 years through a dramatic expansion of ethanol use and tougher fuel economy standards , the White House said in previewing tonight 's State of the Union address . " 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 . Older adults who did the basic exercises followed by later sessions were three times as fast as those who got only the initial sessions when it came to activities of daily living , such as reacting to a road sign , looking up a number in a telephone book or checking the ingredients on a medicine bottle - - abilities that can spell the difference between living independently and needing help . Well , if you've never heard of the Alfalfa Party and its nominee for president of the United States , you do n't really know what makes this town tick . The case , Watters v. Wachovia Bank , is the latest in a series of legal skirmishes between state officials and the banking industry . 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 . Following the election , when North Korea moved to resume its nuclear weapons program , the South pursued a more conciliatory course than that of the United States , and strongly opposed any military action against the North . " 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 . Supreme Court clerks are routinely given a signing bonus equivalent to a justice 's annual salary when they join one of Washington 's top law firms after a year at the court , and Roberts pointed out that beginning lawyers often make as much as the experienced federal judges before whom they practice.Some law professors and other legal activists have said the threat to the judiciary by stagnant salaries is overblown , and that those who want to be judges are n't drawn by compensation.But Roberts and others - - Justice Antonin Scalia has also recently called for increases - - say it is affecting the type of lawyer who wants to be a judge . 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 . " In his day , the late congressman Thomas D'Alessandro Jr ., from Baltimore , Md ., saw presidents Roosevelt and Truman at this rostrum.But nothing could compare with the sight of his only daughter , Nancy , presiding tonight as speaker of the House of Representatives.Congratulations , Madam Speaker.Two members of the House and Senate are not with us tonight , and we pray for the recovery and speedy return of Senator Tim Johnson and Congressman Charlie Norwood.Madam Speaker , Vice President Cheney , members of Congress , distinguished guests , and fellow citizens : This rite of custom brings us together at a defining hour - - when decisions are hard and courage is tested . In the end , I chose this course of action because it provides the best chance of success .