Supreme Court Haiku
Rehnquist Court (1986-2005)
EDWARDS V. AGUILLARD (1987)
Creationism
Contains religious tenets
Keep from public school
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Burning of the flag
First Amendment protection
Expressive conduct
county of allegheny v. aclu (1989)
Jesus in courthouse
Menorah outside by tree
Second fine, first not
Employment Division v. Smith (1990)
Religious drug use
States need not accommodate
Conduct, not belief
Barnes v. Glen TheatRE, Inc. (1991)
Fully nude dancing
Expressive, but just barely
Hoosiers may ban it
Simon & Schuster v. New York State Crime Victims Board (1991)
State “Son of Sam” law
Can’t bar profits from his book
Real life Goodfella
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)
Roe reaffirmed
No “jurisprudence of doubt”
Stare decisis
TWO PESOS V. TACO CABANA (1992)
Fast food Tex-Mex joints
Copying of look and feel
Trade dress infringement
R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul (1992)
Cross-burning by teen
“Fighting-words” statute can’t reach
Targeting viewpoint
Lee v. Weisman (1992)
Graduation prayers
Compelled religious conduct
Undue coercion
Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah (1993)
Chicken sacrifice
City council targets sect
Actions not neutral
zobrest v. catalina foothills sch. dist. (1993)
Christian school student
Sign language interpreter
State may pay for one
Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. (1994)
United States v. Lopez (1995)
U.S. v. Virginia (1996)
BMW of North america v. gore (1996)
Repainted Beamer
4 million in punitives
Excessively high
Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)
Help with suicide
Not a fundamental right
States may prosecute
BUSH V. GORE (2000)
Florida recount
Cannot go forward as planned
Equal protection
PGA Tour v. Martin (2001)
Gonzales v. Raich (2005)
Marijuana laws
Medical use not exempt
Federal trumps state.
