3 big issues may hinge on who replaces O'Connor on Supreme Court

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By MICHAEL McGOUGH
BLADE WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON — <snip>

The docket for the court’s 2005-2006 term, which begins Oct. 3, already contains cases dealing with abortion rights, discrimination against homosexuals, and the relationship between states’ rights and congressional authority.

Other issues will be added as the term proceeds, including, perhaps, the constitutionality of a federal law prohibiting “partial birth” abortions and the adequacy of procedures used to try suspected enemy combatants in the war on terror. <snip>

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1. i.e. here comes theocracy!