1.   But James L. Sultan, representing the Amiraults, said the court should consider the case in the normal appellate process rather than invoking its emergency powers.

2.   Bypassing the traditional appellate process is not a step to be taken lightly.

3.   Gov. Ann Richards and her political opponent, George W. Bush, have both called for speeding up the appellate process in capital cases.

4.   His case had been through the state and federal appellate process once.

5.   Instead, eight of the nine justices agreed the case should follow the normal appellate process.

6.   Indeed, he had wanted to ban any appellate process, though other lawmakers deemed that draconian.

7.   Judge Neil L. Lynch instead sent the case to the state Appeals Court Thursday, to proceed through the normal appellate process.

8.   Moreover, she had already been rejected four times in the state appellate process.

9.   Starr has asked the Supreme Court to short-circuit the normal appellate process and consider a White House appeal right away.

10.   Sullivan urged the court to act now rather than waiting for the regular appellate process.