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Constitutional Law

Jul. 22, 2000

Judicial Stalemate

The U.S. Supreme Court completed its term on June 28 by handing down four blockbuster cases: allowing greater government aid to parochial schools; protecting the right of the Boy Scouts to exclude gays; invalidating a state law prohibiting partial-birth abortions; and upholding a state law restricting speech activities near abortion clinics.

Erwin Chemerinsky

Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, UC Berkeley School of Law

Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).

        By Erwin Chemerinsky
        
        The U.S. Supreme Court completed its term on June 28 by handing down four blockbuster cases: allowing greater government aid to parochial schools; protecting the right of the Boy Scouts to exclude gays; invalidating a state law prohibiting partial-birth abortions; and upholding a state law rest...

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