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ourt takes up 'Troopergate' case
5 hours ago
The Alaska Supreme Court will decide whether to block the findings of an abuse-of-power investigation due to be released next week that could be potentially damaging to Governor Sarah Palin's vice presidential candidacy.
The court accepted an emergency appeal late on Friday filed by six Alaska politicians who claim the investigation is being manipulated to hurt Palin before Election Day on November 4.
The court scheduled verbal arguments for Wednesday on whether to suppress the probe's findings.
The independent investigator conducting the probe plans to turn over his conclusions by next Friday to the Legislative Council, the body that authorised it.
The six Republican politicians, who are not on the Legislative Council, filed the emergency appeal after their lawsuit was dismissed by an Anchorage judge on Thursday

igh court term begins quietly in campaign season
By MARK SHERMAN 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court is doing its best to stay out of the spotlight in the final days of the presidential campaign and while the other two branches of government struggle to deal with turmoil in the financial markets.
The justices open their new term Monday with no cases on abortion, race or other social issues that might split the court and the nation.
The most entertaining case of the term involving celebrities' use of profanity on live television will be argued on Election Day, Nov. 4., when attention arguably will be focused elsewhere.
'It's a little light on blockbuster cases,' said former Attorney General Richard Thornburgh. 'But one never knows ..

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