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).
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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