California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George, center, Justice Joyce Kennard, left, and Justice Marvin Baxter, right, arrive for oral arguments on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. , Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The California Supreme Court heard arguments about the validity of Jessica's Law, which prohibits sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a place where children regularly congregate, like a school or park. The lawsuit was filed by four sex offenders who argue that the residency restrictions violate their constitutional rights and make it nearly impossible to find a place to live. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George, center, Justice Joyce Kennard, left, and Justice Marvin Baxter, right, arrive for oral arguments on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. , Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. The California Supreme Court heard arguments about the validity of Jessica's Law, which prohibits sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a place where children regularly congregate, like a school or park. The lawsuit was filed by four sex offenders who argue that the residency restrictions violate their constitutional rights and make it nearly impossible to find a place to live.

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  1. Conrad Black leaves the Derksen Federal Courthouse after being sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison for obstructing justice and defrauding shareholders of one-time newspaper publishing giant Hollinger International Inc. in Chicago in this December 10, 2007 file. Oral arguments in Black's appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court are set for December 8, 2009.
  2. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 07: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson walks into a news conference to speak about greenhouse gases at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on December 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Administrator Jackson announced that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public's health and welfare. In 2007 a Supreme Court decision the high court ordered the EPA to determine whether greenhouse gases qualify as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.
  3. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 07: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during a news conference on greenhouse gases at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on December 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Administrator Jackson announced that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public's health and welfare. In 2007 a Supreme Court decision the high court ordered the EPA to determine whether greenhouse gases qualify as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.
  4. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 07: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during a news conference on greenhouse gases at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on December 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Administrator Jackson announced that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public's health and welfare. In 2007 a Supreme Court decision the high court ordered the EPA to determine whether greenhouse gases qualify as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.
  5. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 07: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson speaks during a news conference on greenhouse gases at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on December 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Administrator Jackson announced that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public's health and welfare. In 2007 a Supreme Court decision the high court ordered the EPA to determine whether greenhouse gases qualify as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.
  6. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 07: EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson walks away after speaking during a news conference on greenhouse gases at the Environmental Protection Agency headquarters on December 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Administrator Jackson announced that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a danger to the public's health and welfare. In 2007 a Supreme Court decision the high court ordered the EPA to determine whether greenhouse gases qualify as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.
  7. New York State senator Hiram Monserrate waives to the gathered crowd following his press conference in front of Queens Supreme court, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in New York. Monserrate was sentenced to three years probation following his conviction of third degree reckless assault for injuring his girlfriend Karla Giraldo.
  8. New York State Sen. Hiram Monserrate speaks to the media in front of Queens Supreme court following his sentencing, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in New York. Monserrate received three years probation following his conviction of third degree reckless assault for injuring his girlfriend Karla Giraldo.
  9. Karla Giraldo, girlfriend of New York State senator Hiram Monserratte enters Queens Supreme court, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in New York. Monserrate has been sentenced to three years probation for dragging Giraldo girlfriend through his apartment building lobby.
  10. Karla Giraldo, girlfriend of New York State senator Hiram Monserratte enters Queens Supreme court, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in New York. Monserrate has been sentenced to three years probation for dragging his bleeding girlfriend through his apartment building lobby in a violent scene caught on security cameras.
  11. New York State Sen. Hiram Monserratte, center, enters Queens Supreme court with his attorney Joe Tacopina, left, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in New York. Sentencing is scheduled Friday following his conviction of third degree reckless assault for injuring his girlfriend Karla Giraldo.
  12. New York State senator Hiram Monserratte, left, enters Queens Supreme court, with his attorney Joe Tacopina, left, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in New York. Monserrate has been sentenced to three years probation for dragging his bleeding girlfriend through his apartment building lobby in a violent scene caught on security cameras.
  13. New York State senator Hiram Monserratte, center, enters Queens Supreme court, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, in New York. Sentencing is scheduled Friday following his conviction of third degree reckless assault for injuring his girlfriend Karla Giraldo.
  14. DEERFIELD BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private beach sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  15. GOLDEN BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A sign points out what rights the owners of beachside property have to the beach on December 3, 2009 in Golden Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.
  16. GOLDEN BEACH, FL- DECEMBER 03: A private property sign is posted in the sand on a beach on December 3, 2009 in Golden Beach, Florida. The U.S. Supreme court has before it a Florida case that came about during a 2003 beach restoration project at an eroded beach in Florida's Panhandle. The case is about new sand pumped onto the eroded beach area, that the state of Florida said became state-owned land but private homeowners who previously owned the land are fighting to retain ownership of their slice of the newly restored beach. The ruling may have far reaching ramifications for beach side home owners.

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