DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 2002
Court Decisions
Last updated on June 28,
2002
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Atkins v.
Virginia
- Supreme Court decision rendered June 20, 2002
- Rules execution of the mentally retarded is cruel and unusual
punishment
- Provides full text of majority opinion and dissent as well as syllabus
and links to previous cases
- Oral
Arguments
Ring v.
Arizona
- Death penalty can be applied by jury but not a judge
- Decision rendered on June 24, 2002
- Oral
Argument
Newdow
v. U.S. Congress
- Ruling by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on June 26, 2002
- Reciting Pledge of Allegiance in school classrooms is unconstitutional
because of phrase "under God"
Zelman v.
Simmons-Harris
- School vouchers ruled constitutional as result of Cleveland, Ohio
school case
- Decision delivered June 27, 2002
- Case 00-1751
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