NYTimes Coverage of the 2007 term of the Supreme Court
Thoughts on the Just Completed Term | New York Times, 29 June |
Signal Cases of the 2007 Term | New York Times, 29 June |
Second Amendment Bars Government from Handgun Ban | New York Times, 27 June |
Court Strikes "Millionaire's Amendment," Landing a Blow on Campaign Finance Reform | New York Times, 27 June |
Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment for Child Rapists | New York Times, 26 June |
Justices Take Case on the Navy, Sonar, and Marine Mammals | New York Times, 24 June |
Court to Hear Case on Prosecutorial Suppression of Evidence | New York Times, 24 June |
Court Limits Self Representation for Mentally Ill | New York Times, 20 June |
Justices Interpret Age Discrimination Statute Broadly | New York Times, 20 June |
Supremes Will Decide if Muslims Can Sue Federal Officials for Unjust Imprisonment | New York Times, 17 June |
Court Strikes Down MCA's Habeas Denial for Gitmo Prisoners | New York Times, 13 June |
Court Limits "Class of One" Equal Protection Analysis | New York Times, 10 June |
Supremes Protect Roto Baseball and, in Doing So, America | New York Times, 3 June |
Court Narrows Definition of Money of Laundrying | New York Times, 3 June |
Retaliation Actionable Under Civil Rights Statutes | New York Times, 28 May |
Court Upholds Child Porn Prosecution | New York Times, 20 May |
Silent Commerce Clause Not Reach Tax Exempt Municipal Bonds | New York Times, 20 May |
Supremes Ponder "Millionaire’s Amendment" | New York Times, 23 April |
Court Upholds Indiana Voter ID Law | New York Times, 29 April |
Arguments in Age Discrimination Suit | New York Times, 24 April |
Stevens Rejects Death Penalty | New York Times, 18 April |
Court Upholds Lethal Injection | New York Times, 17 April |
Unanimous Decision Limits State Taxation of Out of State Businesses | New York Times, 16 April |
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Prosecutorial Immunity | New York Times, 15 April |
Supremes Take Appeal of Cost-Benefit Analysis of Water Polution | New York Times, 15 April |
Delaware Beats New Jersey, 6-2 | New York Times, 1 April |
Supremes Deny Cert. to Search of Congressman Jefferson's Home | New York Times, 1 April |
Do the Mentally Ill Have a Sixth Amendment Right to Self Represent? | New York Times, 27 March |
Justices Hear Arguments in Case on American Citizens and Transfer to Iraqi Courts | New York Times, 26 March |
Texas Courts Insulated from Bush Order, World Court Decision, and Vienna Conventions | New York Times, 26 March |
Court Hears Case Testing Whether There Is a "Consent-Once-Removed Exception " to the Fourth Amendment | New York Times, 26 March |
Court to Hear Warrantless Search Case | New York Times, 20 March |
Court Reinforces and Elaborates on Prohibition of Racial Discrimination on Juries | New York Times, 20 March |
Supremes Ponder the Second Amendment | New York Times, 19 March |
Second Amendment Case Splits Bush Administration | New York TImes, 18 March |
FCC and Fines for Vulgarity | New York TImes, 18 March |
Tie Goes to the Plantiff in Drug-Preemption Case | New York Times, 4 March |
Supremes Loosen Requirements for Filing Age Discrimination Suits in the Workplace | New York Times, 28 Feb. |
Supremes Hear Exxon-Valdez Damages Case | New York Times, 28 Feb. |
Cautious Decision on Workplace Discrimination | New York Times, 27 Feb. |
Supremes Consider what Constitutes Laundering Money | New York Times, 26 Feb. |
Detainees Fight Hearing Delay | New York Times, 22 Feb. |
New Twists in an Old Pretzel: Supremes Give Latitude to St. Courts in Retroactivity | New York Times, 21 Feb. |
FDA Approval Insulates Manufacturers of Medical Supplies from Suits in State Courts | New York Times, 21 Feb. |
Supremes Allow Individual Pensioners to Sue Pension Plan Providers | New York Times, 21 Feb. |
Supremes Take a New Challenge to the Exclusionary Rule | New York Times, 20 Feb. |
Bush Administration Appeals Enemy Combatant Determination Case to the Supremes | New York Times, 15 Feb. |
Bismullah v. Gates May Throw a Wrench into Decision of Boumediene v. Bush | New York Times, 6 Feb. |
A Modestly Funky 5-4 Court Expands the Immunity Accorded Law Enforcement Folks | New York Times, 23 Jan. |
Supremes Take Two More Title VII Employment Discrimination Cases | New York Times, 19 Jan. |
Cert. Grants in Pre-emption Cases Bring More Federalism Issues Before the Court | New York Times, 19 Jan. |
Supremes Uphold NY State Judicial Election Process | New York Times, 17 Jan. |
Court Rules Against Investors' Suit | New York Times, 16 Jan. |
Supremes Hear Arguments in Misdemeanor Search Case | New York Times, 15 Jan. |
Court Denies Cert. to Case Dealing with FDA Approved Drugs and the Terminally Ill | New York Times, 15 Jan. |
Justices Accept Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause Case | New York Times, 11 Jan. |
Court Irritated at ID Card Critique | New York Times, 10 Jan. |
A Skeptical Court Hears Arguments in Lethal Injection Case | New York Times, 7 Jan. |
Supreme Court Takes Capital Case Involving the Rape of a Child | New York Times, 5 Jan. |
Court Upholds Judges' Discretion Under Sentencing Guidelines | New York Times, 11 Dec. |
How Much Difference Will Greater Discretion in Sentencing Have? | New York Times, 11 Dec. |
Supremes Grant cert. to Cases Involving Habeas Rights of Americans Arrested in Iraq | New York Times, 8 Dec. |
Gitmo MCA Oral Argument | New York Times, 6 Dec. |
Issue of Preemption in Medical Balloon Case Argued before the Court | New York Times, 5 Dec |
Racial Bias in Jury Selection Back Before the Court | New York Times, 5 Dec. |
Court Hears Age Discrimination Case | New York Times, 4 Dec. |
Boumediene Before the Court on Wednesday | New York Times, 3 Dec. |
Roadmap of Gitmo Litigation | New York Times, 3 Dec. |
Maine, Tobacco Sales, and Federal Power | New York Times, 29 Nov. |
Where Does Delaware End and New Jersey Begin? | New York Times, 28 Nov. |
Court Considers Whether Employees Can Sue Employers for IRA Mismanagement | New York Times, 27 Nov. |
The Court Grants Cert in D.C. Gun Control Case | New York Times, 21 Nov. |
Gun Control Case May Be Heard by the Supreme Court | New York Times, 13 Nov. |
Court Hears Age Discrimination in the Workplace Case | New York Times, 8 Nov. |
Court to Hear (In)effective Counsel Case Concerning Plea Bargain Negotiations | New York Times, 6 Nov. |
Supremes Hear Case on State Tax Favoritism for In-State Issued Bonds | New York Times, 6 Nov. |
Court Stays Execution | New York Times, 31 Oct. |
Supremes Hear Child Porn Case | New York Times, 31 Oct. |
Stay of Lethal Injection Before the Supreme Court | New York Times, 30 Oct. |
Supremes to Consider Punitive Damages Case Arising from Exxon Valdez Spill | New York Times, 30 Oct. |
Is There a De Facto Moratorium on Capital Punishment Currently in Place? | New York Times, 19 Oct. |
Court to Hear Dispute Over What Constitutes "Money Laundering" | New York Times, 16 Oct. |
Where Does Delaware Stop and New Jersey Start? SC to Decide | New York Times, 16 Oct. |
The U.S. Files Its Gitmo Brief | New York Times, 11 Oct. |
Court Hears Medellin Case on Treaty Enforcement and States' Rights | New York Times, 11 Oct. |
Supremes Ponder Third-Party Liability in Securities Fraud Case | New York Times, 10 Oct. |
Justices Hear Oral Argument in NY Judicial Selection Case | New York Times, 4 Oct. |
Sentencing Guidelines Again Before the Court | New York Times, 3 Oct. |
Supremes Deny Cert. to Cases Raising Religious Clause Issues | New York Times, 2 Oct. |
Overview of 2007 Term | New York Times, 1 Oct. |
Snapshot of Some Politically and Legally Salient Cases in the '07 Term | New York Times, 1 Oct |
Supremes Stay Texas Execution | New York Times, 28 Sept |
Justices Contemplate Lethal Injections (not for themselves) |
New York Times, 26 Sept. |
Justices Take Voter ID case |
New York Times, 26 Sept |