WASHINGTON - Bush administration lawyers rejected congressional suggestions yesterday that suspected al-Qaida and Taliban war criminals be prosecuted in U.S military justice system, saying that military courts provide protections for defendants that are unwarranted in the war on terrorism.. ..…

We believe that marriage is union between man and woman and should be defended, reminding the crowd of his two Supreme Court appointees, Justice Samuel A. Aides said Bush's yesterday was the first of many planned for the final days before Nov election, as he pivots from the role of chief..…

But Bush and Justice Department have been tough enforcers and advocates of the guidelines.. Martin, the retired federal judge, said that Bush appeared to be having the same problems with the guidelines as judges... ..…

John Roberts; drawing by Pancho Bush was reelected in 2004, this time without needing the Supreme Court’s help, and that meant that when Justice O’Connor announced her retirement and Chief Justice Rehnquist died in office in 2005, President Bush, not Al Gore or a..…

Then, in 1991, Justice Clarence Thomas joined the Court, appointed by George H.W. Bush, and he almost unfailingly agreed with Scalia. In 2005 President Bush chose John Roberts as chief justice and Samuel Alito as an associate justice—both far to the right. . ..…