The decision, written by Judge Smith, appeared to involve tradeoffs.
In a 5 4 decision written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the court rejected that challenge.
The decision, written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, is an artful piece of work.
But the majority decision, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, went well beyond that.
In 2008, the Supreme Court, in a decision written by John Paul Stevens, upheld the photo-I.D. law in Indiana.
"In the absence of compliance, the law's command is quite clear," said the decision, written by Judge Robert S. Smith.
There were no surprises in the court's 7-to-0 decision, written by Judge Richard C. Wesley.
Happily the new decision, written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, takes a sharp turn in the opposite direction.
Wednesday's decision, written by Chief Justice Aharon Barak, ended with an eloquent assertion of the quandary faced by the judges.
"Private speech endorsing religion is constitutionally protected -- even in school," said the decision, written by Senior Judge James C. Hill.
In a unanimous decision written by Chief Justice Roberts, the court ruled that such proof was not required at the class certification stage.
