Still to Decide: Final Supreme Court Cases

Today is the last day the Supreme Court will meet before breaking for 3 months, Hers is a look at the remaining cases of the Supreme Court's term:

TEN COMMANDMENTS: The constitutionality of Ten Commandments in public buildings and on government property, under the First Amendment's ban on an "establishment" of religion. (Van Orden v. Perry, 03-1500, and McCreary County v. ACLU, 03-1693)

FILE SHARING: Whether the entertainment industry may sue technology manufacturers over consumers who use their products to steal music and movies online. (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster, 04-480)

INTERNET ACCESS: A test of the tight control cable companies hold over high-speed Internet service in a case that will determine whether the industry must open up its lines to competitors. (National Cable & Telecommunications Assoc. v. Brand X Internet Services, 04-277; FCC v. Brand X Internet Services, 04-281)

DEATH PENALTY: A look at courts' flexibility to reopen cases, in an appeal that asks if an appeals court was wrong to order more study of a Tennessee death row inmate's claims. (Bell v. Thompson, 04-514)

RESTRAINING ORDERS: Whether police can be sued for how they enforce restraining orders. (Castle Rock, Colo., v. Gonzales, 04-278)

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