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Supreme Court Watch 2006

Contents

  • VOLUME ONE
  • CHAPTER 2 Law and Politics in the Supreme Court: Jurisdiction and Decision-Making Process
  • A. JURISDICTION AND JUSTICIABLE CONTROVERSIES
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Class Action Suits
  • B. THE COURT'S DOCKET AND SCREENING CASES
    • INSIDE THE COURT: The Business of the Supreme Court in the 2005–2006 Term
  • H. OPINION DAYS AND COMMUNICATING DECISIONS
    • INSIDE THE COURT: Opinion Writing during the 2005–2006 Term
  • CHAPTER 3 Presidential Power, the Rule of Law, and Foreign Affairs
  • D. WAR-MAKING AND EMERGENCY POWERS
    • [Padilla v. Hanft]
    • Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
    • IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: The Supreme Court of Israel's Ruling Against the Use of Torture
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: The National Security Agency's Warrantless Electronic Surveillance
    • IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: The House of Lords Rules Against the Indefinite Detention of Terrorists
  • CHAPTER 4 The President as Chief Executive in Domestic Affairs
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Presidential Signing Statements and Legislative Powers
  • CHAPTER 6 Congress: Legislative, Taxing, and Spending Powers
  • C. FROM THE NEW DEAL CRISIS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE
    • [Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal]
    • Gonzales v. Raich
    • Gonzales v. Oregon
  • CHAPTER 7 The States and American Federalism
  • A.STATES' POWER OVER COMMERCE AND REGULATION
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Other Rulings on State Regulatory Powers in Alleged Conflict with Federal Legislation
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Other Rulings on State Regulation of Commerce in the Absence of Federal Legislation
  • B. THE TENTH AND ELEVENTH AMENDMENTS AND THE STATES
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Other recent Rulings on the Eleventh Amendment
  • CHAPTER 8 Representative Government, Voting Rights, and Electoral Politics
  • B. VOTING RIGHTS AND THE REAPPORTIONMENT REVOLUTION
    • League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry
  • C. CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS
    • Garcetti v. Ceballos
    • Randall v. Sorrell
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Other Rulings on Campaigns and Elections
  • CHAPTER 9 Economic Rights and American Capitalism
  • C.THE "TAKINGS CLAUSE" AND JUST COMPENSATION
    • Kelo v. City of New London, Connecticut
  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Other Important Rulings on the Takings Clause
  • VOLUME TWO
  • CHAPTER 4 The Nationalization of the Bill of Rights
  • B.THE RISE AND (PARTIAL) RETREAT OF THE "DUE PROCESS REVOLUTION"
    • [Phillip Morris USA v. Williams]
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Other Recent Rulings on Substantive and Procedural Due Process
  • CHAPTER 5 Freedom of Expression and Association
    • [Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights]
  • C. LIBEL
    • IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: Blasphemy and Other Hate Speech
  • D. COMMERCIAL SPEECH
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Other Recent Rulings on Commercial Speech and the First Amendment
  • E. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
    • (2) INDIRECT PRIOR RESTRAINTS
    • [Beard v. Banks]
  • CHAPTER 6 Freedom from and of Religion
  • A. THE(DIS)ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE
    • Cutter v. Wilkinson
    • Van Orden v. Perry
    • McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky
  • B. FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION
    • [Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Unaio do Vegetal]
  • CHAPTER 7 The Fourth Amendment Guarantee Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
  • A.REQUIREMENTS FOR A WARRANT AND REASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
    • [Muehler v. Mena]
    • [United States v. Grubbs]
    • Georgia v. Randolph
  • B. EXCEPTIONS TO THE WARRANT REQUIREMENT
    • [Brigham City, Utah v. Stuart]
    • [Samson v. California]
    • Illinois v. Caballes
  • F. THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE
    • Hudson v. Michigan
  • CHAPTER 9 The Rights to Counsel and Other Procedural Guarantees
  • A. THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL
    • [United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez]
  • B. PLEA BARGAINING AND THE RIGHT TO EFFECTIVE COUNSEL
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Rulings on Plea Bargaining and Effective Counsel
  • D. THE RIGHT TO AN IMPARTIAL JURY TRIAL
    • [United States v. Booker]
    • [Miller-El v. Dretke]
    • [Johnson v. California]
  • F. THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED OF CHARGES AND TO CONFRONT ACCUSERS
    • [Davis v. Washington]
  • CHAPTER 10 Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  • B. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
    • Roper v. Simmons
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Other Recent Rulings on Capital Punishment
  • CHAPTER 11 The Right of Privacy
  • A. PRIVACY AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
    • [Gonzalez v. Carhart]
    • [Gonzalez v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America]
    • Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
  • CHAPTER 12 The Equal Protection of the Laws
  • A. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND STATE ACTION
    • [Johnson v. California]
  • B. RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION
    • [Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1]
    • [Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education]
  • C. AFFIRMITIVE ACTION AND REVERSE DISCRIMINATION
    • [Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1] (reprise)
    • [Meredith v. Jefferson County Board of Education] (reprise)
  • D. NONRACIAL CLASSIFICATIONS AND THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS
    • (4) ALIENAGE AND AGE
    • THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAW: Rulings on the Classification of Aliens

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