Court decides gambling case in states' favor

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The US Supreme Court on Mar 27 limited congressional power to enforce federal rights by subjecting states to federal court suits. The same 5-4 majority that invoked the commerce clause in 1995 for the first time in 60 years ruled that Congress may abrogate states' sovereign immunity only under the interstate commerce clause and Sec 5 of the 14th Amendment. Experts note that the 11th Amendment gave support to both sides in Seminole Tribe of FL v FL, but fear the court is giving states excessive latitude.

Federal-state controversies

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Rehnquist Court is still hard to read on searches

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On Mar 28 the Supreme Court considered two cases concerning the Fourth Amendment and seemed to find the one on high-school drug testing more challenging than one on police searches. In Vernonia School Dist 47J v Acton, the Court intensively questioned school representatives who defended their policy of randomly testing student athletes. In Wilson v AR the Court had fewer questions regarding whether police must knock and announce themselves before executing a search warrant, or can break in.

Laws, regulations and rules, High school students, Searches and seizures, Athletes, Drug testing

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