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#''[[Hibbs v. Winn]]'', a 5-4 decision rejecting application of the [[Tax Injunction Act]] to an [[Establishment Clause]] challenge to income-tax credits for payments to organizations that award educational scholarships and tuition grants to children attending private schools in [[Arizona]]. | #''[[Hibbs v. Winn]]'', a 5-4 decision rejecting application of the [[Tax Injunction Act]] to an [[Establishment Clause]] challenge to income-tax credits for payments to organizations that award educational scholarships and tuition grants to children attending private schools in [[Arizona]]. | ||
#''[[Plyler v. Doe]]'', a 5-4 decision declaring a constitutional right to a free [[public school]] education for [[illegal aliens]]. | #''[[Plyler v. Doe]]'', a 5-4 decision declaring a constitutional right to a free [[public school]] education for [[illegal aliens]]. | ||
| − | #''[[Hill v. Colorado]]'', a 6-3 decision limiting free speech within 100 feet of an [[abortion]] clinic.<ref>Both Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] and Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] were in the majority.</ref> | + | #''[[Hill v. Colorado]]'', a 6-3 decision limiting the [[First Amendment]] right of free speech within 100 feet of an [[abortion]] clinic.<ref>Both Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] and Justice [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] were in the majority.</ref> |
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 00:25, April 25, 2010
The replacement of moderate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor by conservative Justice Samuel Alito makes it possible to overturn the following liberal Court decisions:
- Texas Monthly, Inc. v. Bullock, 489 U.S. 1 (1989), a 6-3 decision invalidating a tax exemption limited to the sale of religious literature by religious organizations as preferential support of religion in violation of the Establishment Clause; Marshall and O'Connor were since replaced by Thomas and Alito.
- Jackson v. Birmingham Bd. of Ed., a 5-4 decision establishing a cause of action for retaliation under Title IX
- Hibbs v. Winn, a 5-4 decision rejecting application of the Tax Injunction Act to an Establishment Clause challenge to income-tax credits for payments to organizations that award educational scholarships and tuition grants to children attending private schools in Arizona.
- Plyler v. Doe, a 5-4 decision declaring a constitutional right to a free public school education for illegal aliens.
- Hill v. Colorado, a 6-3 decision limiting the First Amendment right of free speech within 100 feet of an abortion clinic.[1]
References
- ↑ Both Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor were in the majority.