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Supreme Court decisions: A guide to the coming flood
By Adam Carrington
May 23, 2019 08:00 AM
For Supreme Court watchers, late May and all of June are flood season. In this period, the heretofore trickle of released decisions turns into a raging river of majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions.
Some of these opinions concerns matters so mired in legalese that only a lawyer could take interest. But others touch upon issues known by and important to all citizens — questions regarding religion, liberty, and our structure of government.
Here’s a guide to the coming torrent, with some of the biggest cases and what big principles are at stake in them.
Public Role of Religion
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/supreme-court-decisions-a-guide-to-the-coming-flood (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/supreme-court-decisions-a-guide-to-the-coming-flood)
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Public Role of Religion
Federalism vs. Individual Rights
Separation of Powers
Free Speech
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6 Themes To Pay Attention To In Upcoming Supreme Court Decisions
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/21/725036928/6-themes-to-pay-attention-to-in-upcoming-supreme-court-decisions (https://www.npr.org/2019/05/21/725036928/6-themes-to-pay-attention-to-in-upcoming-supreme-court-decisions)
Here are six themes to watch for:
1. Census citizenship question
2. Political and racial gerrymandering
3. Separation of church and state
4. Race, murder and jury selection
5. Native American rights
6. When is a word too dirty to be trademarked?
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