The CEDA Topic for 2006-07

The United States Supreme Court should overrule one or more of the following decisions

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942)
• U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)

Voting Results

The winning topic is Four Cases, No Gratz.

82 ballots were cast. The final vote was 43 – 35. The vote results are below.

The first round of balloting had the following totals (first place votes):

First A: 17

Five: 6

Seven: 4

Six No Casey: 10

Eight: 10

Six No Quirin/Terry: 10

Four No Gratz: 12

Four No Quirin: 13

The second round of ballot had the following totals:

First A: 17

Five: 6

Six No Casey: 11

Eight: 11

Six No Quirin/Terry: 11

Four No Gratz: 13

Four No Quirin: 13

The third round of balloting had the following totals:

First A: 19

Six No Casey: 12

Eight: 11

Six No Quirin/Terry: 11

Four No Gratz: 15

Four No Quirin: 14

The fourth round of balloting had the following totals:

First A: 22

Six No Casey: 25

Four No Gratz: 19

Four No Quirin: 16

The fifth round of balloting had the following totals:

First A: 22

Six No Casey: 27

Four No Gratz: 33

The sixth round of balloting had the following totals:

Six No Casey: 35

Four No Gratz: 43

The Topic Ballot

Note the (comments) before each resolution are designed to help interepet the ballot and are not part of the formal topic. This is the recorded ballot from the topic committee meeting. The formal and final ballot will be provided via the balloting procedures as established in the CEDA constitution.

1. (First Amendment)

The United States Supreme Court should curtail the protection provided for free speech by the First Amendment of the United States’ Constitution by overruling one or more of its decisions on obscenity, hate speech, and/or campaign finance.

2. (Five cases)

The United States Supreme Court should overrule one or more of the following decisions

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942)
• U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003)

3. (Seven cases)

The United States Supreme Court should overrule one or more of the following decisions

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942)
• U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
• Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997)

4. (Six cases. No Casey)

The United States Supreme Court should overrule one or more of the following decisions

• Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942)
• U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
• City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• Hudnut v. American Booksellers Association, 475 U.S. 1001 (1986)

5. (Eight cases)

The United States Supreme Court should overrule one or more of the following decisions

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942)
• U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
• City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
• Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)

6. (Six cases. No Quirin or Terry)

The United States Supreme Court should overrule one or more of the following decisions

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003)
• City of Boerne v. Flores, 521 U.S. 507 (1997)
• Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)

7. (Four cases. No Gratz).

The United States Supreme Court should overrule one or more of the following decisions

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942)
• U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)

8. (Four cases. No Quirin)

The United States Supreme Court should overrule one or more of the following decisions

• Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• U.S. v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Milliken v. Bradley, 418 U.S. 717 (1974)
• Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003)

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