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Vision Quest: Kenneth Starr Added for Nonprofits Case
Monday, July 21, 2008
VSP Vision Care has added Kenneth Starr to its legal team as it brings a closely watched case on nonprofit tax-exempt status to the Supreme Court.
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Scalia on Stage: Justice to Conduct Course Based on New Book
Monday, July 21, 2008
If you've ever fancied the idea of voting against Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (or for him, for that matter) your chance will come on July 25. That's when Scalia and author Bryan Garner will conduct an extraordinary five-hour Continuing Legal Education course based on their new book Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.
Supreme Court Wrap-Up: (Mostly) In Tune
Monday, June 30, 2008
The headline Supreme Court decisions came fast and sometimes furious in June: Gitmo Detainees Get Habeas! No Death Penalty for Child Rapists! Exxon Valdez Punis Slashed! And on its final day in session, June 26, the biggest headline yet: An Individual Right to Bear Arms! In spite of the June jousting, the justices head out for far-flung summers in a generally better frame of mind than last term.
RECENT COMMENTARY
Decency Demanded 'No' Vote on Death
Monday, June 30, 2008
The history of capital punishment for rape shows the brutal consequences of pushing the justice system too far, writes Christina Swarns. Before the mid-1970s, many states allowed the death penalty for rape. Yet nearly 90 percent of those executed for rape between 1930 and 1972 were African-American.
Court Misfired on Public Safety Case for Guns
Monday, June 30, 2008
Few were surprised by the Supreme Court's decision to hold that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual's right to bear arms, writes Linda Singer. But we should be shocked by the majority's willingness to distort the text and history of the Second Amendment to ignore the considered judgment of D.C.'s local legislature.
RECENT DECISIONS
District of Columbia v. Heller
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia and to use that firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
Davis v. Federal Election Commission
Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Supreme Court reversed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in an appeal considering the constitutionality of federal election law provisions, known as the Millionaire's Amendment to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which, under certain circumstances, impose different campaign contribution limits on candidates competing for the same congressional seat. The Court held that the provisions at issue violated the First Amendment.
- Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County
- Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker
- Kennedy v. Louisiana
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RECUSAL REPORT
Supreme Court justices rarely reveal why they decide not to participate in a case before them. This feature reports on their recusal decisions, offering, when possible, information on their financial holdings, family connections or other factors that might explain their actions.
Courtside
News and notes from, and about, the Supreme Court.
Courtside: Article Challenges Tale About Race, Blackmun
Monday, July 21, 2008
A George Mason law professor thinks he has debunked an infamous aspect of The Brethren's take on Justice Harry Blackmun's famous baseball opinion. Plus, justices and advocates used a little-known resource in the D.C. gun case.
Conference Call
This column seeks to identify cases on the Supreme Court's conference agenda that are leading candidates for Supreme Court review or that raise significant national issues.
Conference Call: DOJ Asks Court to Approve Navy Training
Monday, June 16, 2008
Environmental groups say that sonar exercises off the Southern California coast are dangerous for sea mammals.
Docket Watch
Cases coming before the Supreme Court and the lawyers who will argue them. "Docket Watch" appears at the beginning of each two-week argument cycle when the high court hears cases.
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