The justices said being able to cross-examine the analysts could help uncover any problems with the testing methods or results used as evidence.

VOA: special.2009.10.03

Six of the nine justices, including the chief justice, were sitting right in front of the president.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

It also confirms or rejects presidential nominations for positions like Supreme Court justices and ambassadors.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

But unlike the other current Supreme Court justices, she has no experience as a judge.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

There would be no Protestant justices for the first time in the Supreme Court's history.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

Several Supreme Court justices throughout history have had no earlier experience as a judge.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

She would be the second woman among the nine justices, joining Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

But a majority of justices said patent examiners must also protect innovation.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

If confirmed,she would join two other Jewish justices and six Roman Catholics.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

Yet the nine justices were narrowly divided in their opinion.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Last month,all nine justices said no.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

Justices have lifetime appointments.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

Analysts say Mr.Zardari opposes reinstating those same deposed justices, especially the chief, because they could reopen corruption cases against him.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

Generally,five of the nine justices make up a conservative majority on the high court, including Chief Justice John Roberts.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Two of the court's seven justices did not take part in the decision.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

Souter was considered a moderate who often sided with the more liberal justices.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

In addition,the nine justices will also hear arguments about whether sentencing juveniles to life in prison without paroles for crimes other than murder violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

In one televised interview with a Pakistani network, he called the present conflict an extension of the 2007 standoff between former president Pervez Musharraf and supreme court justices who threatened to invalidate his presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

Lois Fischbeck of Maryland came to urge the court to ban capital punishment, even though the justices are not scheduled to take on a particular case this term that would deal with the issue directly.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05