Book review: Allegiance — to rules or justice?
“The Court is a place of great responsibility. It is a temple of truth.
Lisa Tucker
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Book review: Equal justice under law, jailhouse-lawyer style
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 last week of the Term: In Plain English
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.
Monday’s decisions in Plain English
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.
This week at the Court in Plain English
Decisions in five cases, including children and Miranda rights, class actions, and the Fourth and Tenth Amendments.
This week at the Court: In Plain English
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 in Plain English
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.
This week at the Court: In Plain English
A look at Monday’s opinions, including federal sentencing laws, attorney’s fees, securities fraud, and patents.
This week at the Court: In Plain English
The Court issues decisions in cases involving the federal material-witness statute and patent infringement.
This week at the Court: In Plain English
The Court issues decisions on prison overcrowding, Arizona’s immigration law, state secrets, the Speedy Trial Act, qualified immunity, and federal witness tampering.
This week at the Court: In Plain English
The Court issues opinions interpreting the Fourth Amendment, the False Claims Act, and ERISA.
This week at the Supreme Court: In Plain English
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.