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Williams, Charles F. – Social Education, 2008
This article looks at various cases of the Supreme Court's most recent term. In contrast to the 2006-2007 term when the Supreme Court was regularly split 5-4, during this last term, the justices have formed surprising coalitions in cases considered highly controversial. For example, it was the so-called liberal bloc's Justice Stevens who wrote the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Courts, State Legislation, Voting
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Nankivell, R.; And Others – Update on Law-Related Education, 1990
Presents court briefs for three separate constitutional issues: the individual right to die as tested in the "Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health" case; constitutional rights and drunk driving; and student religious clubs' right to meet at public schools in accordance with the Equal Access Act of 1984. Analyzes court opinions and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation