1. The justices were scheduled to hear arguments in the case in April.
2. " We urge you to look beyond the confines of this case, " Senior Assistant Attorney General Paula Smith told the court's seven justices Friday.
3. Senate confirmations of Supreme Court justices have increasingly become political battles and this one will come amid the added heat of congressional election campaigns.
4. The dissenting justices argued that the court was treading on lawmakers'territory.
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5. That split among the justices raised the prospect of an ideologically divided ruling by the court this summer.
6. The high court remains sharply divided with five justices generally voting along conservative lines.
7. The justices'decision to hear the case could make the divisive debate over guns an issue in the 2008 presidential and congressional elections.
8. Bush and Al Gore in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election in Florida, in which the justices'order ended recounts and gave the presidency to Bush.
9. Ukraine's supreme court justices began their deliberations over the final appeal of Viktor Yushchenko's election as president.
10. He said there was no move to introduce a fixed term for the chief justices of the Supreme Court and the high courts.