But opponents of capital punishment in New York are hoping that the Court of Appeals, with all seven members appointed by former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo, will find that the state's Constitution affords greater protections.

O'Connor took the position that Herrera could not be "legally and factually innocent" because he "was tried before a jury of his peers, with the full panoply of protections that our Constitution affords criminal defendants.

This Court's decisions have plainly stated that expression falling within certain limited categories so lacks the values the First Amendment was designed to protect that the Constitution affords no protection to that expression.

The Constitution additionally affords the protection of marriage, family, the mother and the child as well as ensuring "full participation of women in all spheres of national life."

The Supreme Court agreed today to decide what level of protection the Constitution affords the mentally ill against involuntary confinement and involuntary medication by state employees.

Although the United States Constitution guaranteed freedom of religion and separation of church and state, Connecticut's Constitution only afforded Congregationalists the right to worship.

Indeed, one of the enduring strengths of American democracy is the flexibility that the Constitution affords the government to deal with novel and unexpected circumstances.

The Constitution affords arrestees the right to a prompt determination of probable cause.

He was tried before a jury of his peers, with the full panoply of protections that our Constitution affords criminal defendants.

The ACT has internal self-government, but Australia's Constitution does not afford the territory government the full legislative independence provided to Australian states.