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Scientology, The Clearwater Bar Association, and Judge Greer Judge George W. Greer presides over Florida's Sixth Judicial Circuit Court. He is known internationally for the Terri Schindler Schiavo guardianship case. Pat Anderson, former attorney for the Schindlers, characterized Judge Greer's unprecedented rulings as "The Rule of Terri's Case." The Clearwater Bar Association is delighted with Judge Greer's performance in this particular case. They presented the John U. Bird award to the Pinellas-Pasco Circuit judge on May 15, 2004. This prestigious award, which is the Clearwater bar's highest honor for a judge, was granted to Judge Greer for the way he...

...On the docket are cases involving the constitutionality of capital punishment for teens, the detention of illegal immigrants in the age of terrorism, and age discrimination in the workplace. The Justices will hear an important eminent domain case -- whether a city can force citizens to sell their homes or businesses in favor of economic development -- and they'll decide whether oenophiles can import across state lines.... But the most significant cases may be the two the Court will hear this afternoon on the right to trial by jury. At stake are the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines mandated by Congress in...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush plans to nominate Marion Blakey to head the Federal Aviation Administration, according to two people with knowledge of the impending decision. Blakey, 54, currently chairs the National Transportation Safety Board, a position Bush gave her last year. She also served as administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and as assistant transportation secretary for public affairs in the first Bush administration. In between government service, she ran her own public relations company, whose clients included the trade group for the nation's airports, which she helped win an increase in airline passenger fees. She also...