Justice Treacy restricted reporters to saying the 1996 trial had collapsed for a lack of evidence.
Access to justice was restricted by clauses preventing appeal against immigration decisions, and reported attempts by the government to grant officers in detention centres immunity from criminal and civil liability.
As Chief Justice, Coke restricted the use of the ex officio (Star Chamber) oath and, in the Case of Proclamations and Dr. Bonham's Case, declared the king to be subject to the law, and the laws of Parliament to be void if in violation of "common right and reason".
How fair or credible is a system of justice that is restricted to a politically determined jurisdiction?
In a later case (Yates v. United States, 1957), the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren considerably restricted the applicability of the Smith Act.
And Gorsuch agreed with another one of the court's decisions to allow religious organizations access to government money — except for a single footnote written by Chief Justice John Roberts, which restricted the case to just playgrounds.
If the justices further restrict or ban the use of race-based affirmative action, more universities will most likely find themselves embroiled in debates like the one at U.C.L.A.: Are admissions officers illegally taking race into account — or legally going to extra lengths to reward students for having overcome disadvantage, which happens to benefit black and Latino students?
The court could also put the case on ice until it has concluded its DOMA deliberations.If they do take it up, the justices are not restricted to a narrow review of the lower court's Prop 8 ruling.
Campaigners claim that access to justice will be severely restricted and become something only the wealthy can afford.
In Alito's first major opinion as a justice, earlier this year, he sharply restricted the ability of victims of employment discrimination to file lawsuits.
Until then, the Browne family's involvement with the criminal justice system had been restricted to being on a jury, or being a witness or victim of crime – one daughter has been mugged three times.
