John Parmenter, director of Scientific Services Division at the nearby Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico, told the Albuquerque Journal that the Thompson Ridge fire ignited Friday in dense territory that was scheduled for thinning in the next few years because it posed a fire hazard.

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Essentially the lawyers separately presenting their cases will be peppered with questions from the justices, often rapid-fire and legally dense.

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