Court-watching. (Comment).(recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court)(Editorial)

From: The Nation | Date: July 21, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Nation readers should be excused for wondering whether they were in some sort of time warp as the Supreme Court closed its term with a slew of decisions that recalled the halcyon days of Chief Justice Earl Warren. In a single week, the Court upheld affirmative action, issued a trailblazing gay rights decision, reversed a death sentence for ineffective assistance of counsel (for only the second time in the two decades that this right has existed) and threw out a sex offense conviction for violating the Constitution's ex post facto clause.

And that's not all. Earlier in the ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

BAN ON GAY RIGHTS LAWS REJECTED SUPREME COURT RULES IN KEY COLORADO CASE.(News)
; ...dramatic victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court struck down a...challenged in court by gay men and...have canceled gay rights ordinances enacted...enactment of any other gay rights laws or policies...Colorado Supreme Court invalidated the...
Court to Hear Texas Case on Gay Rights; Challenge to State's Sodomy Statute Could Lead to Landmark Ruling
; ...landmark ruling on gay rights. The question...1986, when the court ruled 5 to 4 that...New York-based gay rights organization, told the court in their appeal...mixed signals on gay rights in recent cases. In 1996, the court, by a 6 to 3 vote...
Bush's pick could face early test of conservatism; A physician- assisted suicide, 2 abortion cases and a gay rights case are on the court's fall lineup
; ...Senate. Abortion, gay rights and assisted suicide...first issues the court will consider...also joined the court's liberal wing in cases involving gay rights and religion...service. In the last gay rights case before the court, O'Connor was...
HIGH COURT THROWS OUT LAW AGAINST GAY RIGHTS JUSTICES OVERRIDE COLORADO VOTERS.(FRONT)
; ...breakthrough victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Monday struck...years after the court upheld state laws...will strengthen gay-rights struggles throughout...even after the court took one important...legal debate over gay rights. Colorado Gov...
Colorado Court Refuses To Revive Gay Rights Ban; Constitutionality of Law Questioned
; ...Colorado Supreme Court refused today to...amendment against gay rights, saying the measure...in October. The court, in a 6-to-1 decision...before the trial. The court said the initiative...would strike down gay rights ordinances on the...and Denver. The court said, ...
COURT BLOCKS GAY RIGHTS REPEAL BID
; ...a victory for gay rights activists, the state's highest court, on a 5-2 vote...constitution. Gay rights activists hailed the court ruling, saying...who carried the gay rights legislation in the Senate, used the court ruling to tweak...
Court ruling a Magna Carta for gay rights
; ...County, NJ) 07-01-2003 Court ruling a Magna Carta for gay rights E.J. DIONNE Date: 07-01-...following the Supreme Court's sweeping decision...is a Magna Carta of gay rights, explicitly overturning earlier court precedents. "When sexuality...had come to support gay ...
High court gives gay rights a victory Colorado amendment found discriminatory
; ...significant victory for gay rights, the Supreme Court on Monday struck...ruling involving gay rights since a 1986 decision...federal appeals court last year upheld...appeal to the Supreme Court. The Colorado amendment...immediately challenged in court by gays as ...
High Court to Hear Texas Gay Rights Case; Review of Sodomy Conviction Seen as Important by Both Sides of Issue
; ...significant Supreme Court gay rights cases in recent...Texas state appeals court, that the state...importance both for gay rights advocates, who...the fact that the court decided a similar...been repealed. Gay rights advocates and civil...
Sodomy Ruling Prompts Promises of Activism; In Wake of Supreme Court Decision, Va. Lawmakers Predict Bills Supporting and Opposing Gay Rights
; ...the ruling say the court's decision bolsters the gay rights movement in Virginia...Equality Virginia, a gay rights advocacy group based...Thursday, the Supreme Court overturned a Texas...any furthering of gay rights in Virginia. The...law. Despite the court ...