41.   The court flatly declared that Congress lacked a sufficient reason for enacting the patent law.

42.   The court then declared unconstitutional a Georgia congressional redistricting plan designed to guarantee the election of black members.

43.   The issue in the case Thursday involved a former Louisiana jury instruction that the court had twice declared unconstitutional in rulings it did not explicitly make retroactive.

44.   The Legislature overrode her veto, but a state court eventually declared the measure unconstitutional.

45.   The measure also would make it harder for federal courts to declare prison crowding unconstitutional and make the use of caps on prison population a last resort.

46.   The New Jersey court declared that the provision was not punitive since it was intended to serve the commendable objective of informing and protecting the public.

47.   The Rehnquist court declares that Congress does not have total power over the states, however.

48.   Their first trial ended when the court declared there was insufficient evidence to convict them.

49.   Then, in a landmark case last year, the court declared that it had the power to overturn legislation that conflicts with the Basic Laws.

50.   Two years ago, a Minnesota federal court declared it unconstitutional in the state.