41.   The court majority also seems to view cross-district transfers as a terrible blow to the suburban school districts.

42.   The court majority, however, said that argument was ultimately irrelevant, because the investments are free from SEC regulation for another reason.

43.   The narrow court majority rejected arguments that university funding for a student-run Christian magazine would have been an unconstitutional endorsement of religion by the state.

44.   The other five votes came from the conservative court majority that prevailed in striking down gun-free zones around schools.

45.   The push is just as strong on the left, where the desire to recapture the court majority is strong.

46.   Under federal law barring disclosure of wiretaps, the timing does not matter, said Chief Justice William Rehnquist, writing for the court majority.

47.   Wells and Shaw disagreed with the court majority, of which Anstead was part.

48.   Writing for the court majority, Justice Stephen G. Breyer said the government cannot deny constitutional protections even to noncitizens who have been ordered deported for having criminal records.

49.   Further, the court majority agreed with Alabama that no such right can be inferred.

50.   In one case, he disagreed with the court majority, arguing for the right of an extremist party tied to Arab militants to run for the parliament.