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The eagerly awaited decision on 'reverse discrimination' in the Bakke case was handed down this year by a sharply divided Supreme Court. There were also a number of important Supreme Court rulings on freedom of speech and of the press and on criminal procedure. Issues surrounding racial and sexual...
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