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Ankle Biting Pundits has commentary on the "strategery" relating to the timing of abortion cases to he heard by the Supreme Court according to a New York Times story published today.

The Bush administration has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate a ban on a procedure that critics call ''partial birth'' abortions, setting up a showdown that could be decided by the president's new choice for the court.

The Supreme Court has already scheduled arguments in another abortion case, involving New Hampshire's parental notification statute. That case also asks whether the law is unconstitutional because it lacks an exception allowing a minor to have an abortion to protect her health in the event of a medical emergency.

The court should deal with both cases, Solicitor General Paul Clement said in the appeal, which was filed Friday and released on Monday. The earliest that justices could review the federal law, known as the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, is next spring. By then, the court could have two new members.