So many of the cases before the Supreme Court appear to concern the hot issues of the day: immigration, healthcare, same sex marriage.

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Like many Supreme Court decisions, they concern limits on federal powers over the states.

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The arrest order was connected to Musharraf's decision in 2007 to dismiss senior judges, including the chief justice of the Supreme Court, apparently out of concern that they would challenge his re-election as president.

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Yet in his present role, which he has held since 2005, he has repeatedly demonstrated a concern for preserving the Supreme Court's credibility in the delicate role it plays policing the boundaries of federal and state authority.

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These are issues that concern us all including, ultimately, Supreme Court justices.

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In a statement Tuesday, the EU expressed concern over an order issued last week by the Supreme Court of India that seeks to prevent Daniele Mancini, the Italian ambassador, from traveling outside India without its permission.

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That prospect seemed to concern several justices during the oral arguments on the law before the Supreme Court.

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The Supreme Court, for example, rules on 15, 000 cases a year, of which 6, 000 concern individual pension appeals.

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Our sources say that Mr. Lillehaug and Ms. Grewing told Congressional investigators that Mr. Perez talked about the importance of disparate impact, mentioned Mr. Mondale's concern and proposed another deal: Justice would decline to intervene in Newell, the city would withdraw its Supreme Court case, and then the feds would also decline to intervene in Ellis.

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