Supreme Court nears term end
WASHINGTON (AP) — Animal sacrifice and
"hale crimes" are the most closely watched issues
fac ing the Supreme Court as it nears the end of its
term with -40 cases awaiting dec ision
In half a dozen instances, the court is being
asked to clarify the relationship between govern
ment and religion or determine government s (row
er to curtail expression.
In one case, the question is whether a religious
sect must bo allowed to sacrifice animals as part of
its worship services.
In another, the question is: Can judges impose
extra prison time for hate crimes motivated In
racial or religious bigotry? The r ase from Wiscon
sin asks whether such extra punishment violates
freedom of expression.
The justices are expected to end by late June
their current term, the date most memorable for
Byron K White’s announced retirement and the
Library of Congress' release of the late Justice
Thurgood Marshall's papers
Other cases:
• May the Clinton administration continue to
intercept Haitians on the high seas and return
them to Haiti without first hearing their requests
for political asylum?
• Does the Constitution s ban on i ruel and
unusual punishment and excessive fines limit the
amount of property the government may seize
from convicted drug dealers?
• Is there a standard for deciding how much is
too much for punitive-damage awards in personal
injury cases and other lawsuits'
•Can a congressional redistricting plan in North
Carolina be judged an unlawful form of racial ger
rymandering if the state Legislature drew it to
comply with the federal Voting Rights Ai t and the
Justice Department approved it7
• Must states that collected billions of dollars
from retired federal workers under unlawful tax
es refund the money?
• Do police have the authority to seize, without
court warrants, drugs they feel while frisking
someone for weapons? The justices are being
asked in a Minnesota case to create a "plain feel
exception to the warrant requirement for searches,
akin to thi* "in plain view” exception
As a group, the religion and speech decisions
mas attract the most attention
One such case, an exotic freedom-of-worship
controversy from Florida, was argued last Noveni
her. before most of the 66 < uses for which dm i
sions already have been announced this term
At issue is a local government's authority to ban
animal sacrifices during worship service* con
ducted by the Chun h of the Lukumi Babalu Ave in
the Miami suburb of Hialeah The church pra< to es
Santeria. an ancient African-based religion in
whu h animal sucrific e is a central ritual
Mainstream religions hO|Mi the court will use the
case to review a 1990 ruling that gave government
greater leeway to interfere with religious pra< tu es
Public and parochial si hools. often i hurch-state
battlegrounds, are involved in two other pending
cases — one from New York and the other from
Arizona
The justices are to dec ide whether puhlu
schools m the Long Island community of Center
Moriches, traditionally open to outside groups for
use during off hours, may ban such access if the
planned use is religious in nature
A dispute from Tucson asks whether puhlu
school districts may provide sign-language inter
preters for deaf students in religious schools with
out violating the constitutionally required separa
lion of church and state
A free speech case sterns from criminal prosecu
tions of pornographcrs and drug traffickers
The court is to decide whether the government
may seize virtually all assets — buildings, cash
and inventory worth an estimated $25 million in
the Minnesota case before it from pornogra
phers convicted of selling some obs« one materials
The scope of government regulation over com
mercial speech is being studied by the court in a
case from Virginia and North Carolina
The justices are to decide w hether television and
radio stations based in stales that ban lotteries may
be barred from airing commercials promoting a
neighboring state's lottery. Virginia runs a state lot
lory, but lotteries are illegal hi North (Carolina
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