"Print" Media Coverage of the 2001 term of the
Supreme Court
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Tennessee Sentience Case (26 September) | The Onion |
Overview of 2001 Term of the Court | New
York Times, 30 September Washington Post, 30 September New York Times, 1 October |
Supreme Court adds cases dealing with school vouchers and public housing to its docket. (26 September) | New York
Times Washington Post |
First Day of the 2001 Term |
New York Times, 2 October Washington Post, 2 October |
Door-To-Door Solicitation | New York Times, 16 October |
Virtual Child Pornography | New York
Times, 30 October Washington Post, 30 October |
Affirmative Action redux -- Adarand Constructors |
New York Times, 31 October Washington Post, 31 October |
Adarand dismissed as "improvidently granted" | New
York Times, 28 November Washington Post, 28 November |
Counsel Right of the 6th Amendment and Conflicts of Interest | New York
Times, 6 November Washington Post, 6 November |
Search and Seizure -- 4th Amendment | Findlaw, 6 November |
Americans with Disabilities Act -- Repetitive Action Case | Findlaw,
6 November New York Times, 8 November |
Drug Tests in Public Schools | New York
Times, 9 November Washington Post, 9 November |
Suing Credit Reporting Agencies | New York Times, 14 November |
Family Educational and Privacy Act: Student Grades | Washington
Post, 20 November MSNBC, 27 November Washington Post, 28 November |
Search and Seizure: Drugs and Terrorism | Dallas Morning News, 27 November |
Inmates and Self-Incrimination | New York Times, 28 November |
Child On-line Protection Act | New York
Times, 29 November Washington Post, 29 November MSNBC, 29 November Slate, 28 November New York Times, 30 November |
Judicial Candidates and Free Speech | New York Times, 4 December |
The Americans with Disabilities Act and "reasonable accommodations" | New York
Times, 5 December Washington Post, 5 December |
Criminal Sentencing | New York Times, 11 December |
Bus Searches and the Fourth Amendment | New
York Times, 5 January Washington Post, 5 January |
Land Use and the Fifth Amendment | Los
Angeles Times, 7 January New York Times, 8 January |
Carpal tunnel decision - Toyota v. Williams (2002) | New
York Times, 9 January Washington Post, 9 January |
South Carolina Death Penalty - Kelly v. South Carolina | New
York Times, 10 January Washington Post, 10 January |
Chicago Demonstration Licensing Case | Washington Post, 16 January |
Warrantless Search of Motorists Case | New York Times, 16 January |
EEOC and Discrimination Suits | New
York Times, 16 January Washington Post, 16 January |
Fox in the Court | New
York Times, 16 January Washington Post, 15 January |
Patients' rights, federalism, and HMOs | New York Times, 17 January |
Detaining Sex Offenders | New York Times, 23 January |
Utah Challenge to 2000 Census | New
York Times, 23 January Washington Post, 23 January |
Texas Death Penalty Case -- race and juries | New
York Times, 15 February Dallas Morning News, 16 February |
Copyright Extension Matters | New York Times, 20 February |
Privacy and Student Grading of Student Papers | New York Times, 20 February |
Megan's Law -- Publicizing Sexual Offenders | New York Times, 20 February |
Oral arguments in school voucher case | New York Times, 21 February |
Oral arguments in case treating execution of the retarded | New York Times, 21 February |
Oral arguments in 11th Amendment federalism case | New York Times, 27 February |
Oral arguments in door-to-door solicitation case | New York Times, 27 February |
Decision eases bringing employment discrimination suits | New York Times, 27 February |
Oral arguments: ADA and (not) hiring the disabled | New York Times, 28 February |
Cert denial for case treating judicial salaries | New York Times, 5 March |
Suing government for information it refuses to disclose (Harbury) | New York Times, 19 March |
Oral Arguments vis judge's role in criminal sentencing (Harris) | New York Times, 26 March |
Decision in Drugs and Public Housing Case (HUD v. Rucker) | New York Times, 27 March |
Judicial Candidates and "Gag" Rules - oral
arguments in Republican Party of Minnesota v. Kelly |
New York Times, 27 March |
Mickens v. Taylor -- Legal representation in capital cases | New York Times, 28 March |
S.C. to review California "3 strikes" law | New York Times, 2 April |
S.C. hears oral arguments in sentencing case | New York Times, 16 April |
S.C. Strikes Down Virtual Child Porn Law | Washington
Post, 16 April (AP) New York Times, 17 April |
Oral Arguments in Alabama "Hitching Post" case | New York Times, 18 April |
Racketeering Law and Abortion Protest Case | New York Times, 23 April |
Oral Arguments on the Death Penalty -- Sentencing Discretion | New York Times, 23 April |
Justices Limit Reach of Fifth Amendment Takings Clause | New York Times, 24 April |
Oral Arguments in Student Records Case | New York Times, 24 April (AP) |
S.C. upholds "community standards" prong of the Child On-line Protection Act | MSNBC,
13 May The New York Times, 14 May |
S.C. expands 6th Amendment right to counsel | The New York Times, 21 May |
S.C. to take up publication of convicted sex offenders | The New York Times, 21 May |
S.C. broadly construes rights of patent holders | The New York Times, 29 May |
S.C. expands state immunity to suit under the 11th Amendment | The New York Times, 29 May |
S.C. to take up law banning cross burning | The New York Times, 29 May |
Not letting sleeping lawyers lie | The New York Times, 3 June |
ADA and hiring | The New York Times, 11 June |
Self-incrimination, rehabilitation, and prison inmates | The New York Times, 11 June |
Court denies cert in gun-rights case | The New York Times, 11 June |
Bus searches and door-to-door solicitations decided by SC | MSNBC,
17 June The New York Times, 18 June The New York Times, 18 June |
S.C. finds execution of the retarded unconstitutional: Atkins v. Virginia | The
New York Times, 20 June The New York Times, 21 June |
HMO's and state requirements for second opinions | The
New York Times (AP), 20 June The New York Times, 21 June |
Utah and the census | The New York Times (AP), 20 June |
Student Privacy denied by S.C. | The New York Times, 21 June |
Death Penalty can't be imposed by judges | The New York Times, 25 June |
Supremes accept new federalism case for argument next term | The New York Times, 25 June |
S.C. upholds non-warranted searches of public school students | MSNBC,
27 June The New York Times, 28 June The New York Times, 28 June |
S.C. finds "school vouchers" constitutional | MSNBC,
27 June The New York Times, 28 June |
S.C strikes state restrictions on campaign speech of judges | The New York Times, 28 June |