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*a challenge to the [[Arizona]] [[illegal alien]] law | *a challenge to the [[Arizona]] [[illegal alien]] law | ||
*the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act | *the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act | ||
| − | * | + | *by a 5-4 vote, a mandatory prison sentence of life without parole for a crime committed by a 14-year-old was ruled unconstitutional |
*whether criminal defendants have a constitutional right to cross-examine the person who tested the [[DNA]] upon which the prosecution relies | *whether criminal defendants have a constitutional right to cross-examine the person who tested the [[DNA]] upon which the prosecution relies | ||
*constitutionality of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act | *constitutionality of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act | ||
Revision as of 14:30, June 25, 2012
The Supreme Court 2011 Term began in October 2011 and is scheduled to complete in June 2012. Only about 75 cases were heard by the Court this Term, many of which related to criminal procedure or business disputes.
Key cases include:
- whether the Anti-Injunction Act prevents the courts from reviewing the constitutionality of ObamaCare at this time
- whether the individual mandate requiring nearly every adult to purchase health insurance is constitutional under the Commerce Clause
- whether that provision may be severed from the remainder
- whether the massive Medicaid expansion, which will require states to raise taxes for forgo federal Medicaid funding, is constitutional
- a challenge to the Arizona illegal alien law
- the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act
- by a 5-4 vote, a mandatory prison sentence of life without parole for a crime committed by a 14-year-old was ruled unconstitutional
- whether criminal defendants have a constitutional right to cross-examine the person who tested the DNA upon which the prosecution relies
- constitutionality of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
- constitutionality of a fine against Fox for bad words on television (FCC v. Fox)
- whether non-union public employees can be required to contribute to political funds for the union (Knox v. SEIU)
- constitutionality of criminal fines despite a lack of a finding by a jury of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt (Southern Union Company v. United States)
- whether the Fair Sentencing Act applies to everyone sentenced after the passage of the federal statute (Dorsey v. United States)
- by a 9-0 vote, the Court upheld the ministerial exception to employment law that enables a religious institution to fire employees in "minister"-like positions (including teachers) without being subjected to anti-discrimination and other labor laws
- a patent case
- by a 5-4 decision, the Court remanded a case concerning administration by California of its Medicaid program
- by a 9-0 vote, absolute immunity was extended to a witness in a grand jury proceeding, in a lawsuit brought under Section 1983
