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Abortion. Last July the Justices gave states greater power to regulate the right of abortion. Now they will consider two cases from Ohio and Minnesota involving the constitutionality of parental-notificatio n rules for minors seeking to terminate pregnancies. In another case, they will review an Illinois statute requiring that abortions be performed in strictly licensed facilities. Upholding the Illinois law would cripple small clinics and, in the view of Duke University law professor Walter Dellinger, could "make abortions nearly impossible to obtain" in many instances...
Religion. The wall separating church from state will be tested in a case from Omaha that also touches on freedom of speech. The court will review the constitutionality of the federal Equal Access Act, which opens up public schools to student religious groups when any "noncurriculum-related" student group is allowed to meet on school grounds...
Obscenity. This week the court will review a Dallas ordinance that imposes strict licensing and zoning requirements on sexually oriented businesses. Later this term an Ohio case will ask whether there is a First Amendment right to possess lewd photographs of children. In last term's dial-a-porn and flag- burning cases, the Justices maintained a tolerant free-speech stance; court watchers are waiting to see what change may occur...
Shevardnadze's new flexibility on Star Wars was in part offset by his warning that the Kremlin would abrogate a future START treaty if the U.S. goes too far with SDI testing. And the Senate would certainly want to review any deal on Star Wars as part of a START ratification process. "The Soviets made a constructive step which may facilitate negotiations," concludes House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Dante Fascell. "But it only puts off the day of reckoning...