Overview of the 2001 Supreme Court Term

The Supreme Court's decision banning execution of the mentally retarded represented the high water mark for civil liberties during the 2001 Term. But that victory was offset by decisions upholding school vouchers and student drug testing, both issued on the final day of the Term.

> Summary of 2001 Supreme Court Term
> Preview of 2001 Supreme Court Term
> Round Two: Cyber-Censorship Returns to Supreme Court
> Double Take: Justices Revisit Execution of People with Mental Retardation and Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders

Supreme Court Cases

Internet Free Speech

Ashcroft v. ACLU (Decided)

9/1/2001 - Case Number:  00-1293 DECIDED

EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc. (Decided)

9/1/2001 - Case Number:  99-1823

McCarver v. North Carolina (Decided)

9/1/2001 - Case Number:  00-8727

Internet Free Speech

Ashcroft v. The Free Speech Coalition (Decided)

4/16/2002 - Case Number:  00-795 DECIDED

CSC v. Malesko (Decided)

9/1/2001 - Case Number:  00-860

Kansas v. Crane (Decided)

9/1/2001 - Case Number:  00-957

Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Mineta (Decided)

9/1/2001 - Case Number:  00-730

Watchtower Bible v. Stratton, Ohio (Decided)

11/28/2001 - Case Number:  00-1737

Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N.A. (Decided)

1/15/2002 - Case Number:  00-1853

Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB (Decided)

12/1/2001 - Case Number:  00-1595

Gonzaga University v. Doe (Decided)

3/25/2002 - Case Number:  01-679

Zelman, et al. v. Simmons-Harris (Decided)

6/27/2002 - Case Number:  00-1751

U.S. Department of Housing v. Rucker (Decided)

12/20/2001 - Case Number:  00-1770

Republican Party of Minnesota v. Kelly (Decided)

5/18/2002 - Case Number:  01-521

Drug Testing, Youth

Board of Education of Pottawatomie County v. Earls (Decided)

6/27/2002 - Case Number:  01-332 DECIDED

Chevron v. Echazabal (Decided)

5/18/2002 - Case Number:  00-1406

Prisoners' Rights

Hope v. Pelzer (Decided)

6/27/2002 - Case Number:  01-309 DECIDED

Christopher v. Harbury (Decided)

5/18/2002 - Case Number:  01-394

Bell v. Cone (Decided)

5/18/2002 - Case Number:  01-400

 
 
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