Upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act signed into law by President Bush

Ruled the University of Michigan's point system (100 pts required for admission, 20 pts given to African- and Native- Americans) cannot be individually assessed' and was
therefore unconstitutional (perfect SAT score received 12 points)

Upheld the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Michigan Law School, ruled there was a compelling interest in promoting class diversity and that a
race-conscious admissions process that may favor 'underrepresented minority groups,' but that also took into account many other factors evaluated on an individual basis for every applicant, did not amount to a quota system that would have been unconstitutional

Prohibited assigning students to public schools solely for the purpose of achieving racial integration and declined to recognize racial balancing as a compelling state interest

Ruled that the First Amendment prohibited the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions, thus finding portions of the
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain–Feingold Act or 'BCRA') unconstitutional

Effectively resolved the 2000 presidential election; eight days earlier, the Court had unanimously decided the closely
related case of ____ v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, and only three days before that, had preliminarily halted the recount that was occurring in Florida

Allowed the use of eminent domain for the construction of a shopping mall, Court held the general benefits enjoyed from economic growth qualified such redevelopment plans as a
permissible 'public use' under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment; the redeveloper was unable to obtain financing and abandoned the redevelopment project, leaving the land as an empty lot, and it was eventually turned into a dump

Decision in which the Court upheld Congress's power to enact most provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA), including a requirement for Americans to have health insurance by 2014

Ruled that states cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those specified in the Constitution; invalidated the
Congressional term limit provisions of 23 states

Struck down a Colorado constitutional provision that barred legislation protecting homosexuals from discrimination

Declared that a sitting President does not have temporary immunity from a lawsuit for actions outside the realm of official duties

Ruled that homosexuals are entitled to the right of privacy and that private sexual conduct is not a crime