The witness whose testimony was struck was their first and perhaps their strongest witness, and so that could make it difficult going forward on the case.

It's always unpredictable saying what the docket will look like in 10 years, ... It could be high-tech, biotech. ... If it were present-day issues, you'd have to take it case by case.

It seems the government is somewhat vindicated.

There's a lot of pressure because of the concern there might be another terrorist strike in the United States.

It was the intellectual elite of the conservative movement that expressed the most concern, not the religious conservatives or the business conservatives.

The Supreme Court has not directly faced the issue of whether 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance violates the First Amendment.

It depends on how extensively she was involved in policy making in her five years in the White House.

Very articulate but sort of reserved, almost kind of shy. And so I think he is a very likable sort of person.

That's where Rehnquist was at his most vocal, ... He was always willing to fight for an independent judiciary.

Right now it seems like the uncertainty would make senators more circumspect with Roberts.

Specter is the key, and then it comes down to moderate Republicans and where we were in May.

Most people watching this litigation closely thought that Merck ought to win it. Despite the characterizations by Merck so far, I think this was really a loss for them.

Senators want to know, `Does she have an overarching theory of jurisprudence? How would she approach cases?'