Highlights of the Supreme Court's 2002-2003 Term
References for
Virginia
v. Black
(April
7, 2003)
Prior Opinions
Supreme Court of
Virgina Filed November 2, 2001
Court of
Appeals of Virginia (O'Mara v. Commonwealth & Elliott v. Commonwealth)
Filed October 3, 2000
Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments
Brief
of Petitioner (PDF)
Brief
of Respondent (PDF)
Reply
of Petitioner (PDF)
Supreme
Court Oral Argument (PDF)
Amicus Briefs
In Support of Virginia:
Criminal Justice Legal
Foundation (PDF)
State
of California (PDF)
States
of New Jersey, Arizona, et al. (PDF)
United
States of America
In Support of Black:
The Council of Conservative
Citizens
The
Rutherford Institute (PDF)
The
Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression (PDF)
In Support of Neither Party:
Anti-Deflamation
League, et al. (PDF)
Articles & Commentary
Banning
Cross Burning: Just Another Step in the Slippery Slope to Tyranny,
Rutherford Institute (July, 2002)
The
Freedom to Hate: Cross-Burning's Refuge in the 1st Amendment, Medill
News Service (August, 2002)
The
Supreme Court Confronts Cross-Burning and First Amendment Once Again Because
it Failed to make this Knotty Area of Law Clear the First Time, Findlaw
(November, 2002)
Virginia Burning:
Are Cross-Burnings Speech or Violence?, MSN Slate (December 2002)
High
Court to Hear Arguments in Emotionally-Charged Cross Burning Case,
Court TV (December, 2002)
Supreme Court
upholds Virginia ban on Cross Burning, CNN (April, 2003)
Too
Early to Know Full Effect of Cross-Burning Ruling, First Amendment
Center (April 2003)
Limits
on Cross Burning, Christian Science Monitor (April, 2003)
State
Bans on Cross Burning Upheld, Washington Post (April, 2003)
In Defense
of Cross Burning, The Patriotist (May, 2003)
Other References
Supreme Court
Docket
Medill
School of Journalism: On the Docket
Virginia v. Black.com (John
W. Phillips' site)
Hate
Crimes & Hate Speech (Paul Leighton's Justice Page)
R.A.V.
v. City of St. Paul, Minnesota (earlier cross-burning case)
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