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Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2000–2001 Term
Highway Checkpoints for Drugs (Nov. 28, 2000): Court, 6–3, finds highway checkpoints with the primary purpose of detecting illegal drugs violates Fourth Amendment's prohibition of…Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2001–2002 Term
Statute of Limitations Stands (Nov. 13, 2001): Court holds unanimously that any violation of Fair Credit Reporting Act, including improper disclosure of consumer credit information, must be…Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2002–2003 Term
Court Upholds Copyright Extension (January 15, 2003): Justices, 7–2, rule that Congress acted with constitutional authority when it extended by 20 years all existing and future copyrights.…Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2003–2004 Term
Court Upholds Campaign Finance Laws (December 10, 2003): Court, 5–4, upholds major aspects of the 2001 law intended to thwart corruption—or the appearance of such—in political elections. In…Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2004–2005 Term
Court Declares Sentencing Guidelines Unconstitutional (Jan. 12, 2005): In the first part of a two-part ruling in United States v. Booker, Court rules, 5–4, that federal sentencing guidelines…Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2006–2007 Term
Court Rules in Favor of Assisted Suicide Law (Jan. 17, 2006): Voting 6–3 in Gonzales v. Oregon, the Justices decide that former attorney general John…Notable Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 2006-2007 Term
Supreme Court Rules Against Considering Race to Integrate Schools: Bitterly divided court rules, 5-4, that programs in Seattle and Louisville, Ky., that tried to maintain diversity in schools by…New York Times Company v. Sullivan
(Encyclopedia) New York Times Company v. Sullivan, case decided in 1964 by the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1960, the Times ran a fundraising advertisement signed by civil-rights leaders that criticized,…political action committee
(Encyclopedia) political action committee (PAC), U.S. organization formed by a corporation, labor union, or association to raise money for political activity. Funds can be gathered by voluntary…Sotomayor, Sonia
(Encyclopedia) Sotomayor, SoniaSotomayor, Soniasōtōmīyôrˈ [key], 1954–, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (2009–), b. Bronx, N.Y., to Puerto Rican parents, grad. Princeton (B.A. 1976), Yale…Trending
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