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Article: Ahead at Supreme Court: big cases, no blockbusters.(USA)(United States Supreme Court)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- October 3, 2008
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Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington -- The new term at the US Supreme Court is a little like a vegetarian buffet, plenty of interesting items but nothing really meaty. At least not yet. A legal dispute over religious monuments in public parks, whether senior US officials can be sued for alleged detainee abuses in the war on terror, and what to do about foul language blurted out during live television broadcasts are among the issues facing the justices as they prepare to begin their 2008-09 term on Monday. They are set to take up a dispute between the US Navy and environmentalists in California over the dangerous effects ...