• John Roberts,  Politics,  Supreme Court

    Chief Justice John Roberts Watch: The First Monday in October

    October 2, 2005 /

    New U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts (R) shares a light moment with U.S. President George W. Bush (3rd L) and the Archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick (2nd R) on the steps of St. Matthews Cathedral in Washington, October 2, 2005.

    Reuters has Supreme court to open term with new chief justice.

    The John Roberts era at the Supreme Court begins on Monday, when the youngest U.S. chief justice in 200 years presides in a term that will include cases on contentious issues such as abortion, assisted suicide and financing of political campaigns.

    As the 17th U.S. chief justice, the 50-year-old Roberts succeeds fellow conservative
    William Rehnquist, 80, who died a month ago, in a lifetime job that positions him to help shape the American way of life for decades.

    The Supreme Court opens its term tomorrow with a number of important cases (abortion, assisted suicide, and Anna Nicole Smith) that should be decided along the same philosophical lines as the Rehnquist court.

    After tomorrow’s opening, watch the President name his next nominee, Federal Appeals Court Judge Priscilla Owen.

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  • Election 2008,  Politics,  Rudy Giuliani

    Rudy Giuliani Watch: Will Decide Next Year for 2008?

    October 2, 2005 /

    Former New York City Mayor and possible 2008 US presidential candidate Rudolph Guiliani speaks to the press in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen Sunday Oct. 2,2005. Guiliani thanked local firefighters for raising money for the families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington. Guiliani said he will be considering soon whether or not to run for president in 2008. Behind is Frederiksberg Mayor Mads Lebech and at right is US Ambassador to Denmark James P. Cain.

    The ASSociated Press has Giuliani to Mull 2008 Decision Next Year.

    Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said Sunday he will contemplate next year whether to run for president in 2008.

    “I will be considering it next year,” Giuliani said during a visit to Denmark. But he added that playing with the idea of running for the Republican nomination for president did not mean he would actually do it.

    “Sometime you warm up and get ready and you don’t get in and pitch,” he told reporters, in a baseball analogy.

    Flap handicaps Giuliani will win the Republican nomination for President in 2008 and beat Hillary Clinton to become the next President of the United States.

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