21.   Or whether justice had been rendered.

22.   That is true, but, in fairness, justice has had its hands full.

23.   The justices also had some tough questions for the lawyer representing the cable industry, H. Bartow Farr III.

24.   The justices have to determine if one piece of hanging chad on one ballot cast in Miami-Dade County has any special significance.

25.   The justices will have to thread carefully through this partisan thicket.

26.   The justices will soon have an opportunity to address anti-abortion demonstrations in a different context.

27.   Usually, the Court of Appeals winnows that trial record for Supreme Court review so the justices may only have to read summaries.

28.   Ultimately, justice will have to be carried out in this case.

29.   But Bush argued Tuesday that the justices still have a role to play.

30.   But the justices had no immediate comment on the conflict between the executive and judiciary branches.