Q. After the courts struck that down, what came next?

In March 2005, the court struck those exhibits from the complaint.

But the nurse left court still insisting that she hadn't struck a blow.

The court also struck a blow for another cherished conservative cause, states' rights.

A federal court later struck down the law, properly.

Numerous other federal courts also struck down the pupil assignment law over the next two years.

The Court had struck several such arbitrary rules as unconstitutional in prior decisions.

The Court had struck down the mandatory death penalty because it took away discretion from the jury.

Government officials noted that the court had struck down the law on procedural grounds, not substantive.