On Monday the administration may file a brief in this case.

The administration has filed a brief in this case, Stenberg v. Carhart, No. 99-830.

The Post said the administration has filed only three lawsuits regarding discrimination in voting.

"When the administration filed its brief in the Michigan cases, they talked about quotas, which is a real polarizing term among our people," Ms. Rodriguez said.

Yesterday, Mr. Bloomberg said his administration would very likely file a lawsuit to try to block it from taking effect.

It was as if the administration had filed a brief denouncing abortion without asking the court to overturn Roe v. Wade.

President Bush's press secretary Ari Fleischer refused to comment on the decision, noting only that the administration had not filed a brief in the case.

The administration filed its brief in response to a request from the court for the federal government's views.

Declaring the strike illegal, the administration filed conspiracy charges against the workers and shipped many of them, including Vallejo, off to serve long-term prison sentences.

In fact, this administration has not filed a single intellectual-property case, against any nation, at the W.T.O. since it took office.