31.   He was tried under Virginia law, not federal terrorist statutes.

32.   He said he feared that a federal death penalty could be vacated on appeal because the federal statute was new and untested.

33.   If convicted under the federal statute, Hill faces a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.

34.   If found guilty under federal statutes, Kopp could be sentenced to death.

35.   If that reply does not satisfactorily explain the vacated decision, the Supremes rule that the state court misread the federal statute and reverse the decision to delay certification.

36.   In addition, most states have privacy laws that mirror federal statutes.

37.   In addition to the new federal statute, Lerach faces problems in California.

38.   In that decision, the justices said a federal statute, known as the Death on the High Seas Act, permitted damages only for direct financial losses.

39.   In that case, the federal statute at issue expressly prohibited certain common-law actions from being either instituted or maintained in state court.

40.   In that hearing, Ashcroft, who would be in charge of enforcing federal statutes, said he would not look for opportunities to challenge Roe vs. Wade.