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Moment of silence marks 1st day
of Supreme Court's 2001 session
Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist asked fellow justices and others in the packed courtroom to remember the hijacking victims and their families, including chief Bush administration appellate lawyer Theodore Olson, whose wife was killed on one of the four hijacked airliners. In other action, the court:
Refused to give former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker a chance for a new trial in his Whitewater-related case on grounds a juror was allegedly biased.
Rejected an appeal from a Muslim woman who said her boss violated her rights by pressuring her to stop wearing a hair scarf at her airport job.
Refused to accept a hiring discrimination case accusing Northwest Airlines of background screenings to give men a better shot at pilot jobs.
Anti-terrorism bill near finish line