Overview of the 2003 Supreme Court Term

The Supreme Court Term of 2003 will long be remembered for its emphatic repudiation of the Bush Administration's claim that it can conduct the war on terrorism as it sees fit with virtually no opportunity for meaningful judicial review.

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Supreme Court Cases

Religion & Belief

Locke v. Davey (Decided)

2/25/2004 - Reviewing use of taxpayer money for training clergy. DECIDED

Religion & Belief

Hibbs v. Winn (Decided)

6/22/2004 - Reviewing whether state tax credit scheme that is a variation on traditional school vouchers can be challenged in federal court. DECIDED

Religion & Belief

Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (Decided)

2/17/2004 - Reviewing whether schools can constitutionally include the phrase 'under God,' when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. DECIDED

Technology and Liberty

Thornton v. United States (Decided)

1/6/2004 - Reviewing conviction based on illegal police search of a car. DECIDED

Technology and Liberty

Maryland v. Pringle (Decided)

9/30/2003 - Case Number:  02-809

Technology and Liberty

Illinois v. Lidster (Decided)

9/30/2003 - Reviewing police use of roadblocks to find witnesses to a crime. DECIDED

Technology and Liberty

Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada (Decided)

1/6/2004 - Reviewing right of police to arrest people who refuse to identify themselves. DECIDED

Technology and Liberty

Doe v. Chao (Decided)

8/29/2003 - Reviewing right to claim damages under the Privacy Act. DECIDED

Technology and Liberty

Arizona v. Gant (Decided)

9/30/2003 - Reviewing conviction based on illegal police search of a car. DECIDED

Free Speech

Vieth v. Jubelirer (Decided)

9/11/2003 - Case Number:  02-1580

Free Speech

Ashcroft v. ACLU (Decided)

6/29/2004 - Reviewing whether an Internet censorship law that attempts to safeguard children against sexually explicit material online unconstitutionally blocks lawful and valuable speech for adults. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

United States v. Patane (Decided)

12/9/2003 - Reviewing conviction based on evidence obtained after a confession in violation of Miranda. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

United States v. Alvarez-Machain (Decided)

3/29/2004 - Reviewing whether the United States can be held liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the actions of DEA officials in the United States who planned and supervised the forcible abduction of a Mexican citizen from his office in Mexico. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain (Decided)

3/29/2004 - Reviewing whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to hear human rights claims brought by foreign citizens under the Alien Tort Claims Act. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

Rumsfeld v. Padilla (Decided)

4/28/2004 - Reviewing the President's authority to designate an American citizen an "enemy combatant" and detain him indefinitely in an American military brig without charges, trial, or private access to counsel. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

Rasul v. Bush (Decided)

6/29/2004 - Reviewing a ruling that the federal courts are not entitled to hear a claim that detainees at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba are being held in violation of the Constitution and international law. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders (Decided)

3/4/2004 - Case Number:  03-95

Keep America Safe & Free

Missouri v. Seibert (Decided)

12/9/2003 - Reviewing conviction obtained through statements originally made "outside” Miranda warning. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (Decided)

6/29/2004 - Reviewing the President's authority to designate an American citizen an "enemy combatant" and detain him indefinitely in an American military brig without charges, trial, or private access to counsel. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

Crawford v. Washington (Decided)

9/1/2003 - Reviewing Sixth Amendment right to confront your accuser. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

Blakely v. Washington (Decided)

1/6/2004 - Case Number:  02-1632

Keep America Safe & Free

Beard v. Banks (Decided)

6/24/2004 - Reviewing proper scope of federal habeas review in a death penalty case. DECIDED

Keep America Safe & Free

Josue Leocal v. Ashcroft (Decided)

11/9/2004 - Case Number:  03-583

Keep America Safe & Free

Benitez v. Mata (Decided)

1/12/2005 - Reviewing the government's claim that "Mariel" Cubans can be subject to indefinite detention if they have been found excludable from the United States and Cuba will not allow their return. DECIDED

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