U.S. Supreme Court 1992 Term Arguments: Recent Episodes
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A case in which the Court held that the Excessive Fines Clause of the Eighth Amendment applied to a statutory in rem forfeiture of property.
A case in which the Court held that the redistricting of North Carolina was evidence of an attempt to separate voters based on race, and thus raised a constitutional issue under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
A case in which the Court found that an ordinance banning religious animal sacrifice was unconstitutional under the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
A case in which the Court declined to create a new constitutional rule that would require special jury instructions to consider the mitigating circumstances of the defendant's youth and troubled family life.
A case in which the Court held that Senate Rule XI was not subject to judicial review because the "Senate shall have sole Power to try any impeachments."