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Slate's Jurisprudence: Key Rulings by the Supreme Court

NPR

By Alex Chadwick

Published June 22, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

The Supreme Court of the United States is handing down a flurry of decisions this week -- among them, a decision on state lawsuits against HMOs, and the final word on whether citizens must show identification to the police. NPR's Alex Chadwick discusses these cases with Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick.

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