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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 . A student protest march in Apr ., 1960 , in which 125 students were shot down by the police , triggered a wave of uprisings across the country . " You do n't have Democrats calling up the FBI saying , ' We need to know what the Republican witnesses are going to say about Rehnquist ' the way you have Republicans calling up saying , ' We need to know what the Democratic witnesses are going to say , ' " Charns said . " There is a renaissance of new construction of these facilities across the country , and we're seeing some very attractive facilities . That had dwindled to 82 cases last year after Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. took over.Roberts himself said during his 2005 confirmation hearings that the court should be doing more . 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 . At issue in the case is the question of whether so-called issue advocacy ads paid for by the general funds of special interest groups and broadcast in the period before a federal election may mention specific candidates . " If you had to rank it among criminal problems , like drugs , domestic violence , those kinds of issues , this is n't even close , " he said . And whatever you voted for , you did not vote for failure . Like many before us , we can work through our differences , and we can achieve big things for the American people . " Do you hear that ? " And he showed deference to those he called the " people across the street " in Congress , who have been chosen by " hundreds of thousands of people , millions of people . The Post used data from 1990 to 1996 , a period that outside researchers said would provide a valid comparison with Alito 's votes.To identify whether a judge had been selected by a Republican or Democratic president , reporters used the companion Attributes of United States Appeals Court Judges database.In using both databases , The Post relied on advice , updates and corrections provided by two political scientists who are updating the national data , Ashlyn Kuersten of Western Michigan University and Susan Haire of the University of Georgia . " You just sort of scratch your head when you think about that , " Abramson said.More than 50 years after the Supreme Court decided in Brown v. Board of Education that separate schools are inherently unequal , the court will consider tomorrow whether race can still be a factor when school systems design programs to promote racial integration . Clinton moved to the middle so conspicuously that the opposition leader who gave the official response noted that he " sounded pretty Republican . To participate , go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/richmorin , look for the box headlined " Post-Stanford Experiments " and choose survey No. 4.The History of Bad IdeasWhy Boys Like ScienceSpeaking of the science gender gap , researchers have yet to fully identify its causes . " The head of the Herndon Minutemen , part of a national organization devoted to repelling illegal migrants at the U.S. - Mexico border and at labor sites across the country , Taplin is regarded in his town as everything from patriot to pariah . " Anyone know what it 's looking like over at the 7-Eleven ? " Taplin has two large cameras that dangle from his neck on cords and make him look like part of the paparazzi . 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 . They were asked whether the killing was deliberate and whether the killer constituted a continuing threat to society.Several Supreme Court decisions have said that jurors also need to consider mitigating evidence , such as the IQ of the defendant or an abusive background.In 2004 , the court decided 7 to 2 in the case of LaRoyce Smith , who had murdered a Taco Bell manager in Dallas , that there were broad problems with the Texas law , which has since been changed . that we're going to be in a kind of bog of mixtures of constitutional law , unclear Oregon state law , not certain exactly what was meant by whom in the context of the trial , et cetera , " said Justice Stephen G. Breyer , who voted in favor of the court 's previous decisions limiting punitive damages.Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg , who dissented from those decisions , made similar points , as did Justice David H. Souter.Compensatory damages are usually awarded to compensate for economic losses or pain and suffering . Europe 's revenue from derivatives already trumps that of the United States.At a news conference yesterday in Manhattan , Bloomberg and Schumer noted that the issue extends beyond New York and the financial services industry . " It 's just like physical exercise - - when we are approaching the new year we will buy a pass for the gym and go fervently in January and then slack off , " Willis said . Still , scholars said that his opinions since joining the 3rd Circuit in 1990 yield important clues , such as which areas of law he is passionate about , whether he strives for consensus and how his views align with Supreme Court decisions.To examine his record , The Post looked at how Alito voted on all 221 cases he has helped to decide in which the 3rd Circuit - - which handles appeals from Pennsylvania , New Jersey , Delaware and the Virgin Islands - - issued a divided ruling .