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Supreme Court Justices Appear Torn Over 'Millionaires' Amendment'
By Tony Mauro
Legal Times
April 23, 2008
Supreme Court justices appeared torn Tuesday over the constitutionality of the so-called "Millionaires' Amendment," a law that allows the opponents of rich, self-financing candidates for Congress to receive higher contributions from individuals and parties than would otherwise be allowed. Led by Justice Antonin Scalia, several justices expressed doubt that the First Amendment allows government to manipulate campaign speech in this way, solely to "level the playing field" among candidates for office.
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Commentary: Please Ignore the Pain
Legal Times
January 9, 2008
Of the 36 death penalty states, 35 have adopted lethal injection at least in part because it was supposed to be more humane than other methods. And yet this week the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Baze v. Rees, a case challenging Kentucky's lethal-injection protocol as too cruel to pass constitutional scrutiny. How can the three-drug protocol be so obviously unsound? History provides the answer, writes law professor Alison J. Nathan.
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