For the selected case, write your own legal opinion agreeing or disagreeing with the majority Court opinion.
"When Parliament uses a term with a legal meaning, it generally intends the term to be given that meaning," the majority court wrote.
The majority court, however, ruled that if Parliament had wanted to criminalize oral sex with animals, it would have — and, in so doing, it wouldn't have used the word 'buggery.'buggery
When American Needle appealed to the Supreme Court, the N.F.L. took the audacious step of agreeing that the court should hear the case, hoping a conservative-majority court would give it a free pass from antitrust rules.
This is a tragic missed opportunity for the Democratic party, who lost its chance to have a Democratic-majority court for the first time since early in the Nixon administration.
The liberal judge is the oldest Supreme Court justice by five years, and her spot on the conservative-majority court is pivotal because she's one of four left-leaning judges.
The majority of courts, though, have taken the opposite view.
Because of Justice Alito and his majority, the courts are not a recourse.
In reviewing sentences, wrote Justice John Paul Stevens for the majority, appellate courts must apply a deferential abuse-of-discretion standard to trial judges' decisions.
Despite the setbacks, a majority of courts have upheld the policy.
