Sentence examples for rights decisions from inspiring English sources
The gay rights decisions got most of the attention.
Justice Kennedy's three major gay rights decisions are in this tradition, Professor Dorf said.
Ms. Kagan had described the Israeli judge, internationally known for his human rights decisions, as her "judicial hero".
However, Conservatives and others grew concerned that a series of judgments suggested that Strasbourg trumped the UK courts on human rights decisions.
Even though adults can waive their rights, decisions not to confer with a lawyer must be made in a "knowing and intelligent waiver".
O'Connor's voting rights decisions also reflect her refusal to defer to elected representatives and to reserve for herself the exclusive authority to define illegal discrimination.
(Kennedy also authored the Court's two earlier major pro-gay-rights decisions, in Romer v. Evans and Lawrence v. Texas).
Justice Kennedy, often a swing vote, authored the Court's two previously most important pro-gay-rights decisions.
Listen to the podcast of "Adieu, Doma!," Jeffrey Toobin's Comment about the Supreme Court's gay-rights decisions.
Although he is a devout Catholic, he is the author of the two most important pro-gay-rights decisions handed down by the court.
In his opinion, Shelby repeatedly invoked what Justice Antonin Scalia obviously meant as prophesies of doom in the recent series of gay-rights decisions.
