Category: US Supreme Court
09/09/09
Originally Published May 26, 2009; Last Updated and Republished August 08, 2009:The president has nominated United States Court of Appeals, for the Second Circuit, Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace the retiring Justice David Souter.Res:UPDATED… more »
04/30/09
Supreme Court Justice David Souter to retire in June 2009 according to a NYT's report.
Hopefully, Souter's "retirement" will include some public writing in between periods of private thought.
Web: UPDATED 05/07/2009 NYT, To Replace Souter, Obama Ma… more »
12/05/07
The Supreme Court heard the cases of Boumediene v. Bush (06-1195) and Al Odah v. US (06-1196) this morning.
It seems unlikely that the Supreme Court will simply declare the term "enemy combatant"1 as used in the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA) and Milita… more »
11/24/07
On this day our United States Supreme Court casts one of its most regrettable votes, deciding to hear the case (Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board) leading directly to their infamous and disastrous decision, Bush v Gore, and the installation of t… more »
10/01/07
The Supreme Courts 2007 term begins with a couple of First Amendment cases as it relates to the conduct of electing candidates, New York State Bd. of Elections v. Torres (No. 06-766) and Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party; Washi… more »
04/24/07
On April 18, 2007, in a 5-4 majority decision1, the Supreme Court further eroded the reproductive autonomy of our women.
In the cases of Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General v Doctors Leroy Carhart et al. (05-380) and Planned Parenthood Federation of Am… more »
01/24/07
12:03:18 am by misblog, Categories: Books, Federal_Judges, US Supreme Court, News, Human Rights, Slavery In her new book, Supreme Conflict1, journalist and author Jan Crawford Greenburg writes:
"From the beginning, Scalia found himself agreeing with Thomas’s views on the law. After Thomas’s very first conference, Scalia changed his mind to side with him in… more »
01/18/07
The Myth of Judicial Activism by Kermit Roosevelt offers an interesting method of rationalizing United States Supreme Court decisions.
His offering analyzes constitutional meaning separate from Supreme Court doctrine. This enables him to derive a more… more »
10/01/06
On Monday the United States Supreme Court's begin its October session of the 2006-2007 term.
Medill's, on the docket, is currently reporting that the court has accepted 37 cases.
One interesting case1 concerning patents is KSR INTERNATIONAL CO. V.… more »
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