http://www.oyez.org/cases/1996/podcast-decisions U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1858/opinion Did New York's ban on physician-assisted suicide violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause by allowing competent terminally ill adults to withdraw their own lifesaving treatment, but denying the same right to patients who could not withdraw their own treatment and could only hope that a physician would do so for them? Thu, 26 Jun 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58390 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_96_110/opinion Did Washington's ban on physician assisted-suicide violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause by denying competent terminally ill adults the liberty to choose death over life? Thu, 26 Jun 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58454 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_96_511/opinion Did certain provisions of the 1996 Communications Decency Act violate the First and Fifth Amendments by being overly broad and vague in their definitions of the types of internet communications which they criminalized? Thu, 26 Jun 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58481 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_2074/opinion Did Congress exceed its Fourteenth Amendment enforcement powers by enacting the RFRA which, in part, subjected local ordinances to federal regulation? Wed, 25 Jun 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58440 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_96_552/opinion Is the Establishment Clause violated when public school teachers instruct in parochial schools? Mon, 23 Jun 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58403 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1853/opinion Is a serving President, for separation of powers reasons, entitled to absolute immunity from civil litigation arising out of events which transpired prior to his taking office? Tue, 27 May 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58451 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1441/opinion Can parents sue states under Title IV-D of the Social Security Act to force overall compliance with federal efforts under Title IV-D to collect child- support payments from ex-spouses? Mon, 21 Apr 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58469 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_96_126/opinion Did Georgia's drug testing statute violate the Fourth Amendment's guarantee against illegal search and seizures? Tue, 15 Apr 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58458 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1598/opinion Is Oklahoma's Preparole Conditional Supervision Program sufficiently like parole that participants are entitled to procedural protections, such as the due process safeguards set forth in the Fourteenth Amendment? Tue, 18 Mar 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58398 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1402/opinion Does the cost of administering an estate necessarily reduce the allowed estate-tax deduction for assets left to a spouse or charity? Tue, 18 Mar 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58401 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1228/opinion Is the materiality of falsehood an element of the crime of knowingly making a false statement to a federally insured bank? Wed, 26 Feb 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58395 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1181/opinion Does the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have the authority to regulate "off exchange" trading in options to buy or sell foreign currency? Tue, 25 Feb 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58443 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_6556/opinion Does a District Court have the authority to reject a defendant's offer to conceded a prior conviction and admit the prosecution's presentation of it when the name or nature of the conviction raises the risk of a verdict tainted by improper considerations, and when the purpose of the evidence is solely to prove the element of prior conviction? Tue, 07 Jan 1997 13:00:00 +0000 58430 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_853/opinion May a State, consistent with the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, condition appeals from trial court decrees terminating parental rights on the affected parent's ability to pay record preparation fees? Mon, 16 Dec 1996 13:00:00 +0000 58415 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_938/opinion May the Imigration and Naturalization Service, when deciding whether to grant a discretionary waiver of deportation under the applicable provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, take into account acts of fraud committed by an alien in connection to his entry into the United States? Wed, 13 Nov 1996 13:00:00 +0000 58425 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_95_1201/opinion May a district court issue an order that authorizes a county covered by section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to conduct judicial elections under an election plan that has not received federal approval pursuant to section 5? Wed, 06 Nov 1996 13:00:00 +0000 58479 at http://www.oyez.org