31.   The high bench said it is constitutionally okay for states to kill evil-doers who threaten public safety, if the penalty is appropriate to the crime.

32.   The librarians may be no match for congressional momentum but thankfully the high bench is.

33.   The U.S. District Court nomination of White, the first African American to serve on the Missouri high bench, had been pending for two years.

34.   They gave it high bench seats for the good view and cruising attitude of an SUV.

35.   They threw a collective hissy fit more appropriate for a political rally than the high bench.

36.   Two Republican senators are thwarting the nomination on the grounds that Moreno lacks the experience for such a high bench.

37.   Whatever the high bench rules, political forces on one side or the other will be outraged.

38.   Yet on the high bench he has been dogmatically ideological.