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Supreme Court opens with split ideas on bias and school faith
The 1986 87 term begins as the Rehnquist court weighs capital punishment bias in Georgia cases creationism in schools and pregnant workers rights. New chief justice Rehnquist and appointee Scalia shift balance but swing justices Powell OConnor White Blackmun Stevens remain pivotal. Major cases include race bias in death penalty sentencing creationism in public schools and gender based employment claims.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Reagan
William H. Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
Warren E. Burger
Scalia
Burger
Rehnquist
Lewis F. Powell
Sandra Day O’connor
Byron R. White
Harry A. Blackmun
John Paul Stevens
William J. Brennan Jr
Powell
Thurgood Marshall
Blackmun
Georgia
Louisiana