Other Rulings Also Highlight End of Session
Wrapping up its 1987-1988 term, the Supreme Court also issued the following rulings:
- The Constitution may prohibit executing murderers who were younger than 16 when they committed their crimes.
- The separation of church and state does not bar a law, backed by the Reagan Administration, that grants money to charitable and religious groups for programs to promote chastity among teen-agers.
- States may not force fund-raisers for charities to disclose how much of the money they solicit actually goes to charity.
- Unions that take “representation fees” from non-members in “agency shops” must rebate whatever percentage of the money is used for political purposes if individual workers object.
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