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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Federal court appointments are being held hostage by the abortion issue, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Friday in advocating a briefer, less intrusive confirmation process. Speaking to law students at the University of Alabama, Thomas said former clerks and other lawyers often tell him they’re not …

A look at attacks in Jordan in recent years: — Aug. 19, 2005: Attackers fire at least three rockets from the hills above the Jordanian port city of Aqaba, with one narrowly missing a U.S. Navy ship docked in the port, another hitting close to an airport inside Israel. An …

WASHINGTON – It was Samuel Alito’s kind of crowd Thursday as the conservative lawyers of the Federalist Society opened their annual convention. There was plenty of praise for President Bush’s latest Supreme Court nominee and an undercurrent of relief that it wasn’t Harriet Miers whose nomination was pending. While the …