Book review: Allegiance — to rules or justice?
“The Court is a place of great responsibility. It is a temple of truth.
“The Court is a place of great responsibility. It is a temple of truth.
In the spring of 2003, the phone on Seth Waxman’s desk rang. “Will you accept a call from federal prison?” the caller asked. Waxman sighed. It might have been his fifth prisoner call that day.
The Term ended on Monday with opinions in the violent video games and campaign finance cases, as well as two others in cases about the procedural concept of personal jurisdiction.
The Court issues a decision in the Wal-Mart case, as well as decisions involving global warming, the right to counsel, and the First Amendment.
Decisions in five cases, including children and Miranda rights, class actions, and the Fourth and Tenth Amendments.
With the end of the Term drawing near, the Court issues decisions on ethics laws and the First Amendment, securities lawsuits, and Native American trust funds.
Thursday’s opinions had a number of things in common: they involved statutory interpretation, and (save one) they were unanimous. Read on for a discussion of the Court’s views on some difficult patent, criminal law, and telecommunications issues.
A look at Monday’s opinions, including federal sentencing laws, attorney’s fees, securities fraud, and patents.
The Court issues decisions in cases involving the federal material-witness statute and patent infringement.
The Court issues decisions on prison overcrowding, Arizona’s immigration law, state secrets, the Speedy Trial Act, qualified immunity, and federal witness tampering.
The Court issues opinions interpreting the Fourth Amendment, the False Claims Act, and ERISA.
The opinion in Montana v. Wyoming, the cert. grant in M.B.Z. v. Clinton, law clerks’ workload, and the Court’s opinion pace – in plain English.