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17 Supreme Court Cases during the 2012 Term

McBurney v. Young
U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2013

National Security

Free Speech

McBurney v. Young

Whether a state may limit access to its public records by allowing only its own citizens to use the state鈥檚 freedom of information law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2013
McBurney v. Young

National Security

Free Speech

McBurney v. Young

Whether a state may limit access to its public records by allowing only its own citizens to use the state鈥檚 freedom of information law.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2012

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Alleyne v. United States

Whether the quantity of drugs involved in a crime must be decided by the jury before it can be the basis for a mandatory minimum sentence.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Dec 2012

Smart Justice

Criminal Law Reform

Alleyne v. United States

Whether the quantity of drugs involved in a crime must be decided by the jury before it can be the basis for a mandatory minimum sentence.
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NSA Building
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2012

National Security

Clapper v. Amnesty International

Whether a federal statute that broadly expanded the government鈥檚 surveillance powers can be challenged by lawyers, journalists, and human rights organizations who face a reasonable likelihood that their international communications will be monitored under the statute and have taken prudent (and, in some cases, ethically compelled) steps to safeguard against that risk.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2012
NSA Building

National Security

Clapper v. Amnesty International

Whether a federal statute that broadly expanded the government鈥檚 surveillance powers can be challenged by lawyers, journalists, and human rights organizations who face a reasonable likelihood that their international communications will be monitored under the statute and have taken prudent (and, in some cases, ethically compelled) steps to safeguard against that risk.
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Florida v. Harris
U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2012

Criminal Law Reform

Florida v. Harris

Whether the police may conduct a warrantless search for drugs based solely on an alert by a drug-sniffing dog without any other evidence of the dog's reliability so long as the dog has been trained or certified.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2012
Florida v. Harris

Criminal Law Reform

Florida v. Harris

Whether the police may conduct a warrantless search for drugs based solely on an alert by a drug-sniffing dog without any other evidence of the dog's reliability so long as the dog has been trained or certified.
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police officers with dog enter home to search it
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2012

Criminal Law Reform

Bailey v. United States

Whether someone who has left the immediate vicinity of a house that is about to be searched may be seized by the police without probable cause.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2012
police officers with dog enter home to search it

Criminal Law Reform

Bailey v. United States

Whether someone who has left the immediate vicinity of a house that is about to be searched may be seized by the police without probable cause.
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