1.   Although she may miss some oral arguments, court observers expect her to vote on all the cases before the court.

2.   Any appeal might take months, court observers estimated.

3.   But one veteran court observer was less impressed.

4.   But there is at least one court observer who is not impressed by such philosophical niceties.

5.   Dortch-Okara, in the first months of her five-year term, has adopted a more relaxed approach, according to court observers.

6.   Lee began his testimony on Tuesday, surprising court observers with his finding of a second, previously unidentified, set of imprints at the Bundy Drive crime scene.

7.   Some court observers think the presence of two women on the court is substantially greater than the sum of one plus one.

8.   Terrell, for example, suggests that race affects how court observers view the case and interpret the evidence.

9.   That has prompted court observers to wonder if Clinton will use a similar semantic tactic in the Lewinsky case.

10.   The new indictment is viewed by court observers as a refinement of the federal case as prosecutors gear up for trial.