3 High Court Rulings Change Legal Landscape

by Nina Totenberg, NPR

The Supreme Court has released three significant decisions: When federal courts may act to enforce federal mandates on the states, when, if ever, school officials may conduct strip searches of students for drugs; and the rights of criminal defendants to cross examine crime lab analysts. The rulings will have far-reaching consequences.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, June 26, 2009