Holder's responses to these questions before the committee, however, reveal a troubling lack of recognition that a lot can go wrong once you bring KSM and company into the Article III court system -- including having to contend with what the Supreme Court may have to say about what happens to these defendants if something indeed does go wrong at trial.

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It said the Supreme Court should carry on hearing Scottish criminal appeals because this would be a faster way to bring Scots law into line with international practice than taking cases to the European court in Strasbourg, Mr Salmond's preferred alternative.

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It doesn't bring the statehood into question, says Mr Mathern, because the Supreme Court would rule in favour of North Dakota being a state, although it's a flaw that needs fixing.

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Mr. Gilani lashed out at the army in December, warning of a conspiracy to bring down the government, after the army backed a Supreme Court investigation into allegations his government had tried last year to enlist the support of the U.S. to strengthen civilian government in Pakistan.

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The Justice Centre will bring more police officers into the neighbourhood, not least because they will be accompanying prisoners to court.

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But they should also show restraint and not "bring themselves into conflict unnecessarily with other arms of government" unless they had to in the court case before them, he argued.

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