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2006 Term
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The Supreme Court's 2006 Term concluded on June 28, 2007, with decisions in the school segregation cases, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education.
FREE SPEECH - Morse v. Frederick
The Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 ruling holding that Alaska public school officials did not violate Joseph Frederick's free speech rights by punishing him for displaying a banner during a public event in 2002.
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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
The Court ruled that taxpayers do not have standing to challenge government expenditures that violate the Establishment Clause.
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REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM - Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America
The Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to women's health, reproductive rights, and equality. In a 5-4 decision that put politics before women's health, the Court upheld the first-ever federal ban on abortion methods and undermined a core principle of Roe v. Wade – that women's health must remain paramount.
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RACIAL EQUALITY - Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education
The Court rejected voluntary integration plans in Seattle, Washington, and Louisville, Kentucky, that were designed to address racial segregation in the schools by allowing consideration of a student's race in making school assignments. The decision did not, however, signal the end of voluntary integration plans across the country.
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LEARN MORE
> ACLU Summary of the 2006 Supreme Court Term
> 2006 Term Preview: Abortion
and Education Highlight New Supreme Court Docket; National Security Cases Wait in the Wings
> Video: ACLU Leaders Discuss the 2006 Term
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ATTORNEYS' FEES
Sole v. Wyner
(4/2/2007)
Whether plaintiffs are entitled to attorneys' fees for obtaining a preliminary injunction that allowed them to go forward with a planned demonstration based, in significant part, on the discriminatory application of permit regulations that were later upheld as facially valid. DECIDED
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Danforth v. Minnesota
(7/17/2007)
Whether a state can permit an inmate to raise constitutional claims in state post-conviction proceedings that would be barred in federal habeas proceedings. DECIDED
Kimbrough v. United States
(7/26/2007)
Whether a federal trial judge may take into account the fact that the current Sentencing Guidelines for crack cocaine have proven unsound and been rejected by the Sentencing Commission itself when sentencing a crack offender. DECIDED
Claiborne v. United States
(12/18/2006)
Whether federal district court judges have discretion, in appropriate cases, to impose shorter prison terms than the Sentencing Guidelines suggest based, in part, on the unduly harsh consequences of rigidly applying the crack/cocaine disparity. DISMISSED
DEATH PENALTY
Uttecht v. Brown
(3/28/2007)
Reviewing whether the state courts improperly excluded a prospective juror in a death penalty case after he indicated that future dangerousness was a relevant consideration but that he would, in any event, follow the law as instructed by the judge. DECIDED
Lawrence v. Florida
(9/14/2006)
Reviewing whether, and under what circumstances, the one year deadline for filing a federal habeas petition can be subject to "equitable tolling." DECIDED
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