1.   As only Sen. Jesse Helms would remember, the last president to name a Republican from his state to the federal appeals bench was Calvin Coolidge.

2.   He was appointed by President Clinton to the federal appeals court bench last year.

3.   President Clinton nominated Sarokin to the appeals bench two years ago.

4.   Still, Feldman said, her apparent consideration for the federal appeals bench shows the influence of the Federalist Society, a libertarian organization, in the nomination process.

5.   The courtroom was packed with such well-known legal figures as Kenneth Starr and Robert Bork, each of whom had earlier served on the same appeals bench.

6.   The appeals bench found the attackers guilty of attempted murder, thus overturning a lower court finding that absolved the attackers.

7.   The appeals bench revoked a lower court finding that absolved the attackers, and instead convicted them of attempted murder.

8.   The three-man appeal bench in the corruption case is headed by Chief Justice Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah and is set down for hearing until Thursday.

9.   The three-man Federal Court appeal bench is headed by Chief Justice Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah.