However, the US Supreme Court justices decided 6-3 that he had overstepped his authority.
Joining Alito and the majority were Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Kennedy and Thomas.
The justices unanimously overturned the drug conviction of Antoine Jones, while splintering in their reasoning.
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The report also suggests that there were other Justices present when the reported altercation took place.
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The justices may not take up the Uighur appeal for weeks or months.
Packing the court is an Argentine tradition: the departing justices were cronies of Mr Menem.
She was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
For a while, Supreme Court justices liked to cite opinions with many citations in them.
In fact, the justices are likely to decide the case on much narrower grounds.
He was supported by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
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Four conservative justices -- Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas -- dissented.
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Last week, despite signs that justices had been pressured, the Court upheld its decision.
Enter Scalia, writing for a divided majority that included Justices Thomas, Sotomayor, Stevens and Roberts.
Like keen poker players, the justices usually refrain from revealing their hands during these exchanges.
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Besides Roberts, Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsburg served on the D.
Here too, the justices were unsure about the factual record established in the lower court proceedings.
Three Justices on the Court offered a dissent: Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer and Justice Kagan.
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If Alito ascends to O'Connor's seat, businesses might get more of their cases before the justices.
Because even Lord Chief Justices, it seems, cannot tell their may from their might.
The first question facing the justices is whether carbon dioxide is a pollutant at all.
The questions about the administration's legal position led to broader attacks from conservative justices.
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The justices stepped into the dispute after lower federal courts ruled against the measure.
Four dissenting conservatives, Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, agreed.
While kids are streaming to your door this Halloween, the Justices will be thinking that over.
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All four Democratic-appointed Supreme Court justices voted to uphold ObamaCare as constitutional, with four Republican-appointed dissenters.
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The justices put off an expected ruling and will rehear the issues on September 9.
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Another reform would be to impose term limits of, say, 18 years on Supreme Court justices.
The main legal question facing the justices is whether the federal law trumps Arizona's law.
All justices are first nominated by the President and must be confirmed by the Senate.
After the arguments, conferences are scheduled, where justices discuss and vote on the cases.
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