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Three Alaska Supreme Court justices listen to oral arguments, Anchorage, Alaska, 08 October, 2008.

From left, Justices Warren Matthews, Robert Eastaugh and Walter Carpeneti consider whether to shut down an abuse-of-power investigation into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

The very next day, the Court refused to halt the ethics investigation.

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