PLSC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Amicus Curiae, Commerce Clause, Oil Spill
12 Dec 2017
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But as far as saying a prayer at a graduation or sporting event, it depends on where you are (it changes: until the supreme court rules on it, it can remain the individual district(cid:859)s choice. If the supreme court refuses to take the case, the lower ruling stands: salisbury: praying in a city council meeting. Goes through same circuit as great falls lady. Anyone can send one: lobbyists may be interested, oil spill in gulf: hurts fishing industry. Case against bp from a group of fishermen goes to the supreme court. Justice if he is in the majority: theoretical: bp v fisherman bob. Voted that bp wins 5 to: but result is not official until the case is published. If one justice is waffling, assign the opinion to her for her to publish so that she is forced to study the case more in depth on the current majority opinion so that she does not waffle back over.
