NYTimes Coverage of the 2005 term of the Supreme Court

Linda Greenhouse's Review of October Term 2005 New York Times, 2 July
No No at Gitmo New York Times, 30 June
Arizona Insanity Law Upheld New York Times, 30 June
Treaties do not Give Criminal Defendants Greater Rights in U.S. Courts New York Times, 29 June
Court Divides Itself and Divides the Texas Reapportionment Plan New York Times, 29 June
Court Dockets Emissions Case for 2006 Term New York Times, 27 June
Supremes Strike Vermont Campaign Contributions Law New York Times, 27 June
Mixed Results in Capital Punishment and Legal Counsel Cases New York Times, 27 June
Supreme Court Holds for Worker in Employer Retaliation Case New York Times, 23 June
Court will Expand Review of Federal Law Banning Partial Birth New York Times, 20 June
911 Calls Not "Testimonial" for Confrontation Purposes, and Parolees Can be Searched New York Times, 20 June
Kennedy the Lynchpin as the Court Splits Badly on Wetlands Protection New York Times, 20 June
Is the Exclusionary Rule of Mapp v. Ohio (1961) on Its Way Out? New York Times, 16 June
Supremes Open up Challenges to Lethal Injection Procedures New York Times, 13 June
By 5-3, Supremes Allow Conviction Challenge Based on DNA Evidence New York Times, 13 June
Race in Schools and Speedy Trials New York Times, 6 June
Court to Access Limits on Punitive Damages in Smoking Case New York Times, 30 May
Court Rejects First Amendment Protection to Governmental Whistle-Blower New York Times, 30 May
Court Upholds Warrantless Entry When a Physcial Disturbance is Clear New York Times, 23 May
Reargument in Entry Case May Foreshadow a Roberts Court New York Times, 18 May
eBay Patent Case Kicked Back to Lower Courts New York Times, 16 May
Court Holds for State in Dam Case New York Times, 16 May
ANNA WINS!!!!  (and probate goes back to being boring) New York Times, 1 May
Oral Arguments Over the Lethal Injection New York Times, 27 April
Adequate Notice Required for Takings; Threshold for Retaliatory Prosecution New York Times, 27 April
The Limits of the Eleventh Amendment and Habeas Corpus Filings New York Times, 26 April
Jesus Poster in Grade School Back to Trial Court New York Times, 25 April
The Insanity Defense and Due Process New York Times, 20 April
Does the Sixth Amendment Give a Criminal Defendant the Right to Choose Counsel? New York Times, 19 April
Buttons at Trial, Refugees, and Guantanamo New York Times, 18 April
Justices Consider Retaliation In a Workplace Gender Discrimination Suit New York Times, 18 April
How Bound are State Courts by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations? New York Times, 30 March
Oral Arguments in Hamdan New York Times, 28 March
The Court Hears Case on Denial of Newspapers to Prisoners in Pennsylvania New York Times, 27 March
Is Hamdan Barred by McCardle? New York Times, 27 March
Court Strikes Consent for Search Given by Spouse, 6-3; Roberts Writes Dissent New York Times, 23 March
The Court Confronts Confrontation New York Times, 22 March
Why Did Yale Lose (or even not see the hand writing on the wall)? New York Times, 13 March
Yale Law Unanimously Loses "Unconstitutional Conditions" Case on Military Recruiters New York Times, 7 March
Skeptical Court Hears Texas Redistricting Case New York Times, 2 March
Vermont Campaign Spending Limits Case Heard by Supremes New York Times, 1 March
Court Blocks RICO Actions Against Abortion Protesters New York Times, 1 March
Anna Nicole Smith Case New York Times, 1 March
Court Takes Up Campaign Finance and Redistricting Issues (out of Texas) New York Times, 28 Feb.
Court Finds Limited Right to Sue the Post Office New York Times, 23 Feb.
Partial Birth Abortion Redux -- the Bush Court Tackles Stenberg v. Carhart New York Times, 22 Feb.
Drink it if You've Got It ... Religious Use of Hallucinogenic Tea Upheld Under RFRA New York Times, 22 Feb.
State Sovereignty and the Centrality of SDO in a Federal Bankruptcy Case New York Times, 24 Jan.
Campaign Finance Regulation Open for Further Litigation New York Times, 24 Jan.
A Unanimous Punt... Implicitly Reaffirming Protection for Abortion in Emergencies New York Times, 19 Jan.
Justices Uphold Oregon Assisted Suicide Law, 6-3 New York Times, 17 Jan.
Oral Arguments in DNA-Capital Punishment Case New York Times, 12 Jan. '06
5-4 Court Upholds California Death Sentence New York Times, 12 Jan. '06
Court Decides Against State in ADA Federalism Case New York Times, 11 Jan. '06
Detainees and Presidential Power New York Times, 10 Jan. '06
SC to Say When Police Can Enter a Private Home New York Times, 7 Jan. '06
Padilla, Executive Power, and the courts -- Supremes Reverse 4th CA and Luttig New York Times, 5 Jan '06
Texas Reapportionment: Political Thicket or "What a Tangled Web We Weave..."? New York Times, 13 Dec.
Federal Gov't Can Garnish Social Security Benefits to Repay Student Loans New York Times, 8 Dec.
Solomon Amendment (Yale v. The Military) Heard by the Court New York Times, 7 Dec.
Supremes Add Employer Retaliation and Insanity Defense Cases to Docket New York Times, 6 Dec.
Oral Arguments in Abortion (Notification and Protest) Cases New York Times, 1 Dec.
Cert Denials Include Case Involving Termination of FBI Translator New York Times, 29 Nov.
The Justices Schedule a Visit to Ebay New York Times, 29 Nov.
Abortion, Consent, and the Almost Roberts Court New York Times, 29 Nov.
IEP's, Special Education, and Burdens of Proof New York Times, 15 Nov.
Prisoners, ADA, and Federal Power: Which Constitution Does Roberts Favor? New York Times, 10 Nov.
Searching Homes, Consenting Wives New York Times, 9 Nov.
Can Foreigners Arrested in US Invoke Treaties to Gain Consular Help New York Times, 8 Nov.
Guantánamo Bay Tribunals case to be Heard in March New York Times, 8 Nov.
Scope of Miranda Case argued New York Times, 2 Nov.
Rights Groups of Left and Right Oppose Bush on Hallucinogenic Tea New York Times, 2 Nov.
Use of Transcripts of Victims' Statements at Trial New York Times, 1 Nov.
Court Refuses a Puff of Liability New York Times, 18 Oct.
Supremes to Visit the Wetlands New York Times, 12 Oct.
Court Hears Oregon Assisted Suicide Case New York Times, 6 Oct.
Court Denies Appeal from Death Row Inmate with DNA Claim New York Times, 4 Oct.
Roberts Survives His First Day as Chief ... Twenty-Plus Years to Go New York Times, 4 Oct.
Overview of the Term to Come

New York Times, 30 Sept

SCt. to take on new state campaign finance cases

New York Times, 28 Sept.

State Corporate Tax Credits and the Commerce Clause

New York Times, 28 Sept.

Anna Nicole Smith Goes to the Supremes (What to Wear?)

New York Times, 28 Sept

 

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