The New York Times' Linda Greenhouse called it "a Supreme Court term of surpassing interest, rich in symbol and substance.” It was that, and for the secondary-school community especially, the 1999-2000 term was packed with questions of surpassing importance to many young people involving parental rights as well as those guaranteed by the First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments.

First Amendment

• Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
• Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
• Mitchell v. Helms

Parental Rights

• Troxel v. Granville

Fourth Amendment

• Illinois v. Wardlow

Fifth Amendment

• Dickerson v. United States

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