The justices in support of desegregation spent much effort convincing those who initially intended to dissent to join a unanimous opinion.
In a concurring opinion, Justice Stephen G. Breyer said the "crime prevention justification" the chief justice invoked in support of the ordinance was "not a strong one" because the village itself had not relied on it.
Yesterday families delivered more than 2 million signatures to the Department of Justice in support of clemency.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr.. joined in support of the order.
Cox, 41, was a former aid worker with a deep sense of social justice and had spoken in support of the refugees and..
While she is yet to get justice, the intense agitation in support of her has led the government to pass a law against sexual harassment in workplace.
While Devi has still yet to get justice, the intense agitation in support of her has led the government to pass a law against sexual harassment in workplace.
At Michigan, she had been a key architect of the "Bollinger Brief," a framework which won over the swing vote of justice Sandra Day O'Connor in support of the law school's affirmative action plan.
"She has hitched her wagon to the partisan star by deliberately fostering the idea that she will work against everything that Scott Walker proposes, especially when it comes to the budget repair bill," Michael J. Gableman, another of the justices, said during a testy campaign event on Friday at which he spoke in support of Justice Prosser, who could not attend.
John Sununu, then the White House chief of staff, had assured conservatives that the obscure New Hampshire judge deserved their support, but Souter turned out to be a moderate-to-liberal Justice and a key vote in support of Roe v. Wade.
Ludovic Kennedy, a British author, broadcaster and investigative journalist who campaigned against miscarriages of justice and religious dogmatism and in support of euthanasia and independence for his native Scotland, died Sunday in Salisbury, England.
