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RECOVERING. Thurgood Marshall...
Speaking for the dissenters, Thurgood Marshall warned that "this result is flatly at odds with the fundamental principle that a state may provide no financial support whatsoever to promote religion." Indeed, after the decision was announced, public school educators and teachers' unions charged that the decision could lead to the draining of funds from an already strapped state educational system. Said Matthew Stark, executive director of the Minnesota Civil Liberties Union, which had tried to overturn the statute: "The public school system has been the great socializer. It's one of the few common meeting grounds in America...
...nine on today's Supreme Court, only Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan believe that the death penalty itself is unconstitutional...
...Court police force to carry guns off court property while accompanying the Justices or performing other duties. Threats against judges are on the rise nationally, and some have been made against the Justices, including two against Sandra Day O'Connor. So the extra protection looks good. Says Justice Thurgood Marshall: "I'd accept it. I'd rather not get killed...
...ordinance in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates that limits the sale of drug paraphernalia to those 18 or over and imposes a $150 licensing fee. A local head shop argued that the law was too unclear about which items are covered and was therefore unconstitutional. Nonsense, said Justice Thurgood Marshall, writing for the majority. The ordinance covers any item that "is designed or marketed for use with illegal cannabis or drugs." That language is "sufficiently clear," said Marshall. The court did not rule on whether towns may ban head shops completely, but most of the 30 state laws that...