 Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, center, arrives at a court in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 22, 2011. A Tel Aviv court is set to sentence a former Israeli president convicted of rape. Katsav faces up to 16 years in prison when his sentence is handed down Tuesday. He says he is innocent. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
LISTEN TO COMPLETE HEARING AUDIO | Arguments were made Tuesday in the historic Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case over President Bush's wartime powers. Audio of the entire 90-minute hearing is available above. (Photo by Jahi Chikwendiu -- The Washington Post)
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Newly-confirmed Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. replaces retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. NARRATED GALLERY
Alito RevealedSupreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. decided to study constitutional law because he was distressed over the liberal activism practiced under Chief Justice Earl Warren's leadership.Gallery
Bush Selects Alito for Supreme CourtPresident Bush today named appeals court Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court. Alito, 55, serves on the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, where his record on abortion rights and church-state issues has been widely applauded by conservatives and criticized by liberals.The New Chief Justice |
TEL AVIV, Israel -- An Israeli court sentenced former President Moshe Katsav to seven years in prison on Tuesday for raping a former employee, capping a five-year saga that turned a working-class hero into the country's highest-ranking official ever ordered to jail.
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