Bush's Conservative Judges Get A Chance To “Shift The Law To The Right” This Term...

LA Times David G. Savage October 2, 2006 at 03:40 PM
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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., President Bush's two appointees, will have a chance to shift the law to the right on two charged issues -- abortion and race -- during the Supreme Court term that starts today.

The court will decide whether doctors can be prosecuted for using an abortion procedure that critics have labeled "partial-birth abortion." And it will rule on whether school boards can maintain integrated schools by assigning some students based on their race.

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