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ACLU v NSA (U.S. 6th Circuit, July 6, 2007) A divided federal appeals court rejected a
legal challenge to the NSA's warrantless monitoring of electronic communications,
concluding that, "attorney-plaintiffs lack standing because they have failed to present
evidence that they are
personally subject to the warrantless surveillance policy..."
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Panetti v Quarterman (U.S. Supreme Court, June 28, 2007) In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court holds that a mentally ill inmate on death row should have his execution halted because lower state courts should have considered his well-proven mental incapacity when sentencing him to death. |
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Morse v Frederick (U.S. Supreme Court, June 25, 2007) Another 5-4 opinion. Supreme Court justices held that a public school principal can restrict student speech at a school event, without violating students' First Amendment rights, when that speech is reasonably viewed as promoting illegal drug use. |
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Rita v United States (U.S. 4th Circuit, June 21, 2007) A court of appeals may apply a presumption of reasonableness to a district court sentence within the United States Sentencing Guidelines.
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Brendlin v California (CA Supreme Court, June 18, 2007) When police make a traffic stop, a passenger in the car, like the driver, is seized for Fourth Amendment purposes and thus may challenge the stop's constitutionality.
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Al-Marri v Wright (U.S. 4th Circuit, June 11, 2007) A federal appeals court has ordered the release of a Qatari-born man who has been held as an enemy combatant since President Bush designated him as such in 2003.
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