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CRIMINAL JUSTICE Pearson v. Callahan Whether, absent an emergency, the Fourth Amendment permits the police to enter a home without a warrant based on an informant's signal that criminal activity is taking place inside. Herring v. United States Whether the exclusionary rule requires the suppression of evidence seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment when the Fourth Amendment violation was based on misinformation sent by law enforcement officials in another county. DISCRIMINATION Crawford v. Nashville Whether employees who cooperate with an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment are protected against retaliation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. FREE SPEECH FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. Whether the FCC improperly reversed its position without adequate justification by recently holding that "fleeting expletives" represent "indecent" speech that can be banned from the airwaves. VOTING RIGHTS Bartlett v. Strickland Whether minority voters who are deprived of the opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice when the state rejects a legislative district where coalition building has been successful can assert a vote dilution claim under the Voting Rights Act, even if minority voters do not represent 50% of the population in the proposed district? |
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