The U. S. Supreme Court, depicted in an artist's rendering in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006, said it would consider the constitutionality of banning a type of late-term abortion. Seated left to right are: Justice Stephen Breyer, Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice David Souter, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Samuel Alito. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)
Douglas Talbott, right, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft's former director of boards and commissioners, standing with his lawyer Roger Synenberg, pleads no contest to violating ethics law Friday, Feb 24, 2006, in Columbus, Ohio. Talbott failed to report a $39,000 loan from Tom Noe, a rare coin dealer and prodigious GOP fundraiser. Talbott also funneled campaign contributions from Noe to three state Supreme Court justices. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)
Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide, I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, center, departs the federal courthouse with his defense team after seeking a dismissal of the charges against him the CIA leak case, in Washington, Friday, Feb. 24, 2006. His lawyers said the indictment violated the Constitution because Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald was not appointed by the president with the consent of the Senate. Libby is charged with perjury about how he learned of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Lincoln Elementary School teacher Bethany Sherrill, right, works on a lesson with third-graders, clockwise from top left, Alyson Simpson, Tula Belle Faith, Jason Lamb and Shania Jolley in Coquille, Ore., Jan. 18, 2006. About 15 states are vying to be chosen as one of the few that will be allowed some leeway in how student progress is measured under the No Child Left Behind Act, the federal education law criticized by some as overly rigid. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
K Street in Washington, DC, a stone's throw from the White House. Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has denied paying US lobbyist Jack Abramoff to set up a meeting with President George W. Bush but said money did not pass through his hands(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)
In a break with President George W. Bush, powerful Republican US senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, seen here in November 2005, reportedly said a special court should oversee Bush's domestic eavesdropping program.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan)
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