The justices cited the private choice made by the parents and affirmed that the ultimate purpose (improving elementary education) was secular.

The justices affirmed the right of Congress to set "advisory" standards of decency for programs receiving grants.

The justice affirmed that he had marked the boundaries of the grant and that Beaubien and Miranda were in full possession of the land grant.

Although no state permitted execution of the insane, the justices affirmed that the Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment prohibited it.

The justices should affirm Judge Posner's ruling so the courts can move on to the important question: Do the Bush administration's faith-based policies violate the Constitution?

The Georgia Supreme Court, in its 2004 decision that the justices affirmed, was in the minority, ruling in this case that the evidence of Mr. Randolph's cocaine use was inadmissible.

The justices eventually affirmed Roe, and President Bill Clinton's election later that year gave advocates of abortion rights a firewall for the rest of the decade.

The justices affirmed the California court's ruling and reversed the convictions of Mr. Miranda and the other two defendants.

But John V. Lindsay, the former Mayor, filed a brief on behalf of the Citizens Union, urging the justices to affirm the lower court decisions.

The justices affirmed the district court's injunction ordering the workers back to work for an 80-day cooling-off period.