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" That may not trouble ideologues who view " the task of judging merely as an exercise of raw political power , " but Wittes believes it should very much trouble everyone else . " The justices have taken a decreasing number of cases in recent years , and this term , which will end this summer , is likely to continue that trend.Sometimes the court 's decisions are dramatic , such as 2005 's Roper v. Simmons , which forbade the execution of those who were younger than 18 at the time of their crimes . A broadly written decision on Louisville 's plan , and on a related one from Seattle , could have a profound impact on school systems across the country.It is the first time in more than a decade that the Supreme Court will consider what is proper for school systems to do to promote desegregation , and it is the first test on the issue for two new justices who in the past have been skeptical about the use of racial classifications.Both sides have circled Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ' s dissenting opinion in a voting rights case decided in the last term that " it is a sordid business , this divvying us up by race . " I can imagine a situation in which facilities are available in community centers and libraries and aging centers , where people can play some games that are specifically designed to improve cognitive ability , " she said . But there has also been a change in the way justices , now led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr ., 51 , see their role both in explaining what they do and in fostering a public conversation about the judiciary , according to those who most carefully monitor the court . Some have upheld deportations based on state felonies , such as simple drug possession , that would not be felonies under federal law.The seemingly technical dispute could have real-world consequences for thousands of green-card holders . " Even five years ago , it would have been astonishing " to see justices interviewed on Sunday-morning news talk shows , said Thomas C. Goldstein , a Supreme Court practitioner who started the popular Scotusblog.com . Raymond J. Fisman of Columbia University and Edward Miguel of the University of California at Berkeley wanted to see whether diplomats from more corrupt countries tended to ignore parking tickets more often than those from nations where boodle , bribes and fraud were less ubiquitous.New York City , home to the United Nations , offered a perfect natural experiment to test their theory . But yesterday 's case may be especially significant because the firm seeking help is tobacco company Philip Morris , and it has been found liable not for bilking a consumer out of money , but for actually killing him . " Presidents of both parties have considered this authority essential to completing good trade agreements , " Bush said in a state of the economy speech in New York . " Because the FBI withheld some documents on national security grounds and because many of the pages it released are heavily edited , " no one can be entirely certain what happened and why " when the FBI conducted its background investigations , Charns said.But in the files that have come to light , he said , there is a clear partisan tilt . Some researchers said it was because tall people had more self-esteem . Bacolod 's findings indicate that that would significantly increase the percentage of smart women - - and men - - who become teachers.Equal-Opportunity AfflictionMen are as likely as women to be compulsive buyers , a condition that affects about one in 20 adults in the United States , according to Lorrin M. Koran , an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University 's medical school.Koran and his colleagues surveyed 2,513 adults in 2004 and found that 6 percent of women and 5.5 percent of men exhibited symptoms of hard-core compulsive shopping : irresistible and often senseless impulses to buy that they felt largely powerless to resist . " He 's going to find out the same thing from the neighbors on this site that we found up here . " I wanted to understand what fosters aggression and violence and eliminate that , " he said . " What 's worrying me about this case is . " There were many , many wonderful aspects of the experience that get lost because people do n't focus on that . " One nearby resident , Brad Botwin of Derwood , has created a Web site and circulated a flier urging his neighbors to " tell Ike and his trailers to take a hike . Just as the justices scrutinized Virginia 's system for carrying out the death penalty several years ago , they are examining four cases from Texas this year , including the three heard yesterday.The number of capital cases is not unusual for the court , those who follow the issue say . But they provide no paper backup , a safety feature that critics say would help guard against fraud and bolster voter confidence.Crist told a group of newspaper editors he would ask the state legislature for $ 20 million to switch to machines with a paper backup.Ensuring the integrity of elections is the cornerstone of any democracy , he said . Versions of this column appear at washingtonpost.com andhttp://www.pewresearch.org . Those cases provide a revealing window to a judge 's ideology , judicial scholars say , because they involve legal issues that are unclear . The Phoenix Police Department estimates that 50 percent of that city 's murders involve either an illegal immigrant as assailant or victim.Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County , home to 3.5 million people , has made his department one of the first local law enforcement agencies in the nation to direct its deputies to arrest illegal immigrants under a state law .