2003 term · Rehnquist Court · 5-4
John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General v. American Civil Liberties Union et al.
542 U.S. 656 · 124 S. Ct. 2783 · 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4762
The record
- Term
- 2003
- Decided
- Issue area
- First Amendment
- Vote split
- 5-4
- Winning party
- Respondent
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Docket
- 03-218
- U.S. Reports
- 542 U.S. 656
- S. Ct. citation
- 124 S. Ct. 2783
- LEXIS citation
- 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4762
How the bench divided
MMMCCDDDD
M 3 majorityC 2 concurringD 4 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| John Paul Stevens | Regular concurrence |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Regular concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Stephen Breyer | Dissent |
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