Sentences with phrase «plurality opinion in»

Justice O'Connor cited it in the plurality opinion in Hamdi et al. v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507, 519 (2004), for the proposition that that «captured rebels» would be treated «as prisoners of war».

Justice O'Connor cited it in the plurality opinion in Hamdi et al. v. Rumsfeld, 542... [more]

Blackmun's rhetoric appeared again in an important plurality opinion in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992.

Not exact matches

On Tuesday Mr Hancock said he had stepped in to ensure the merger does not harm freedom of opinion or reduce the plurality of views in Britain's newspapers.

Past Conservative voters who own small businesses view this proposal as unfair by nearly seven - to - one, and they are joined in this opinion by a plurality of Liberal - voting business owners (43 %), as seen in the following graph:

In upholding the abortion license in the Casey decision, a plurality opinion of Justices Souter, O'Connor, and Kennedy called upon pro-life Americans to stop their resistance to legalized abortion and accept «a common mandate rooted in the Constitution.&raquIn upholding the abortion license in the Casey decision, a plurality opinion of Justices Souter, O'Connor, and Kennedy called upon pro-life Americans to stop their resistance to legalized abortion and accept «a common mandate rooted in the Constitution.&raquin the Casey decision, a plurality opinion of Justices Souter, O'Connor, and Kennedy called upon pro-life Americans to stop their resistance to legalized abortion and accept «a common mandate rooted in the Constitution.&raquin the Constitution.»

This view is superlatively expressed by the plurality opinion of the three moderate justices in the Supreme Court's 1992 Casey decision: «[I] ntimate and personal choices [are] choices central to personal dignity and autonomy.»

Christians seem to only now be waking up to the fact that we are living in a pluralistic society, a society in which there is a plurality (i.e., a manifold of religions, opinions, world views, cults and philosophies).

In a gutsy, powerful, plurality opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas cut through the «vast, perplexing desert» of fine lines and distinctions that have plagued this area of the law, and announced a simple and logical rule: the government must be neutral toward religion and religious institutions.

The plurality opinion also includes a plaintive plea to the country to accept the Court's decision in Roe v. Wade and «rare, comparable cases» as intended to take a deeply divisive issue out of politics.

Writing the plurality opinion, then - judge Robert Smith, a Pataki appointee, said there is a line over which a governor might cross in exercising this power.

I wrote about this issue for Capital NY a few weeks back, speaking to a number of key players in the Silver v. Pataki cases — including former Judge Robert Smith, who wrote the plurality opinion under which the Capitol is currently operating.

In Parents Involved, Scalia joined the plurality opinion of Roberts, who took the categorical view that race can never be taken into account, even when districts are trying to integrate schools rather than segregate them.

Scalia did not write separately but joined in full the plurality opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts.

Merit Pay: When asked for an opinion straight out, a slight plurality of Americans sampled — 43 percent — supported the idea of «basing a teacher's salary, in part, on his or her students» academic progress on state tests.»

(b) The plurality opinion is too dismissive of government's legitimate interest in ensuring that all people have equal opportunity regardless of their race.

[iv] See, Plurality Opinion of the State Supreme Court, Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding vs. Rell.

In 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court made school integration more difficult when it prohibited the Louisville, Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington, school districts from making racial balance a factor in assigning students to schools in cases where applicant numbers exceeded available seats.1 The plurality opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts called student categorization by race unconstitutional unless it was designed to reverse the effects of explicit rules that segregated students by racIn 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court made school integration more difficult when it prohibited the Louisville, Kentucky, and Seattle, Washington, school districts from making racial balance a factor in assigning students to schools in cases where applicant numbers exceeded available seats.1 The plurality opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts called student categorization by race unconstitutional unless it was designed to reverse the effects of explicit rules that segregated students by racin assigning students to schools in cases where applicant numbers exceeded available seats.1 The plurality opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts called student categorization by race unconstitutional unless it was designed to reverse the effects of explicit rules that segregated students by racin cases where applicant numbers exceeded available seats.1 The plurality opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts called student categorization by race unconstitutional unless it was designed to reverse the effects of explicit rules that segregated students by race.

In my opinion, art history's case for the importance of «explicit plurality» of the Ab Ex movement is overstated.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, joined by MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL, agreed only with that part of the plurality opinion relating to the limitation of federal interest in the facilities to 20 years, concluding that a reversion of a facility at the end of that period to a parochial school would be unconstitutional as a gift of taxpayers» funds.

If you're not familiar with WordRake, see my reviews of version 1.0, in which I tested its ability improve the writing of Justices Scalia and Kagan, and version 2.0, in which I tested it against the plurality, concurring and dissenting opinions in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission.

While there are many competing considerations in every sentencing decision, a sentencing judge must have some understanding of ʺthe diverse frailties of humankind.ʺ See Woodson v. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 280, 304 (1976)(plurality opinion).

This Court clearly stated that principle in Croson, see 488 U. S., at 493 - 494 (plurality opinion); id., at 520 - 521 (SCALIA, J., concurring in judgment); see also Shaw v. Reno, 509 U. S. 630, 643 (1993); Powers v. Ohio, 499 U. S. 400, 410 (1991).

In Hamdan, Justice Stevens's four - vote plurality opinion concluded that a stand - alone conspiracy charge was not prosecutable at a military commission because it was not a violation of international law.

Supreme Court review or Congressional action is needed because a plurality of opinions exist on what constitutes electronic storage according to the Act, which was enacted well before the advent of either webmail or the cloud generally, both of which are in substantial use today.