The question of discerning the real purpose behind a particular law enforcement technique is a difficult one under the court's precedents.
Under the Court's precedents, government officials have very little latitude to limit expression in a "public forum."
Under the Supreme Court's recent precedents, commercial speech is that which "does no more than propose a commercial transaction."
The answer is unclear under the Supreme Court's precedents, he said.
Under the court's precedents, unusually generous rules apply to identifying those who have legal standing to raise First Amendment issues.
That policy is plainly unconstitutional under this court's precedents.
Under the court's precedents, states can insist that parties use primaries to nominate candidates.
Under the court's precedents, the Fourth Amendment protects only those expectations of privacy that are "reasonable."
Lawyers on each side said such new deliberately religious displays were highly unlikely to last under the court's new precedents.
Under the Court's current precedents, such activities must have a secular purpose and must not have the primary effect of advancing religion.