Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Kendrick
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided August 10, 1987No. A-99PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Justice Rehnquist, Circuit Justice.
The applicant requests that I stay an order of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia enjoining the enforcement of parts of the Adolescent Family Life Act, 42 U. S. C. § 300z et seq. (1982 ed. and Supp. III). It has been the unvarying practice of this Court so long as I have been a Member of it to note probable jurisdiction and decide on the merits all cases in which a single district judge declares an Act of Congress unconstitutional. In virtually all of these cases the Court has also granted a stay if requested to do so by the…
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