Since 1963, American Atheists has been taking the principled and uncompromising position that our government should give no special treatment or preference to religious belief. CESAALA Atheist Viewpoint American Atheists Center Announcing Atheist TV The First Atheist TV Channel: In Your Living Room! American Atheists has launched the first channel dedicated exclusively to atheist, humanist, freethought programming on the Roku network
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United States Decided June, 10, 2013 ISSUE: Ex Post Facto Sentencing Guidelines HOLDING: The Ex Post Facto Clause is violated when a defendant is sentenced under Guidelines promulgated after hecommitted his criminal acts and the... Perez Decided January, 20, 2012 ISSUE: Texas Redistricting HOLDING: Federal courts must defer to state enacted redistricting plans when drafting interim plans where there is not a reasonable probability of a..
Des Moines (1969) Student Speech, Symbolic Speech John and Mary Beth Tinker of Des Moines, Iowa, wore black armbands to their public school as a symbol of protest against American involvement in the Vietnam War. This site was developed to provide teachers with a full range of resources and activities to support the teaching of landmark Supreme Court cases, helping students explore the key issues of each case
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The opposite sides in the birth-control dispute for years have been talking past each other about what the Supreme Court has done about that so far, and what it means, and both sides continue to try to persuade the Court to see the controversy their way. However, the final rules seem sure to encounter some of the same legal complaints that have kept the courts, including the Supreme Court, busy with this controversy
Supreme Court strikes down key part of Defense of Marriage Act - The Washington Post
Even staunch supporters of same-sex marriage thought that bringing a lawsuit to the Supreme Court that argued for a constitutional right to marriage for gays would risk a setback that could take years to overcome. The divided court stopped short of a more sweeping ruling that the fundamental right to marry must be extended to gay couples no matter where they live
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see full article 100 years later, Wisconsin Supreme Court murals still tell stories June 15, 2015 - One hundred years ago this week, prominent American artist Albert Herter (1871-1950) slipped out of Madison without saying goodbye to the people who had hired him to paint murals for the Wisconsin Supreme Court Hearing Room in the new state Capitol. In that role, she will continue to develop judicial curriculum and training programs, plan the department budget, ensure judicial credits are accurately recorded, and supervise department staff
The Virginia Judicial Workload Assessment Report was submitted to the Court by the National Center for State Courts as a result of the workload assessment study they completed, and it details the weighted caseload system they developed and includes their recommendations regarding boundary realignment in Virginia. Press Releases The Supreme Court is requesting comments regarding the proposed amendments to the Code of Virginia and Rules of the Supreme Court of Virginia suggested by the Special Committee on Criminal Discovery Rules
This would have alarmed the founders because they viewed religion, to paraphrase George Washington's words, as an indispensable support for social order and political prosperity. A wall is a bilateral barrier that inhibits the activities of both the civil state and religion, unlike the First Amendment, which imposes restrictions on civil government only
Who would plow through a lengthy, often technical, always citation-laden opinion other than judges, lawyers and law professors? Yet when it comes to big ones, the minority of decisions that capture the attention of the American people, the justices often seem to aspire to a broader audience in their written opinions
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