NYTimes Coverage of the 2007 term of the Supreme Court

Thoughts on the Just Completed Term New York Times, 29 June
           Signal Cases of the 2007 Term New York Times, 29 June
Second Amendment Bars Government from Handgun Ban New York Times, 27 June
Court Strikes "Millionaire's Amendment," Landing a Blow on Campaign Finance Reform New York Times, 27 June
Court Strikes Down Capital Punishment for Child Rapists New York Times, 26 June
Justices Take Case on the Navy, Sonar, and Marine Mammals New York Times, 24 June
Court to Hear Case on Prosecutorial Suppression of Evidence New York Times, 24 June
Court Limits Self Representation for Mentally Ill New York Times, 20 June
Justices Interpret Age Discrimination Statute Broadly New York Times, 20 June
Supremes Will Decide if Muslims Can Sue Federal Officials for Unjust Imprisonment New York Times, 17 June
Court Strikes Down MCA's Habeas Denial for Gitmo Prisoners New York Times, 13 June
Court Limits "Class of One" Equal Protection Analysis New York Times, 10 June
Supremes Protect Roto Baseball and, in Doing So, America New York Times, 3 June
Court Narrows Definition of Money of Laundrying New York Times, 3 June
Retaliation Actionable Under Civil Rights Statutes New York Times, 28 May
Court Upholds Child Porn Prosecution New York Times, 20 May
Silent Commerce Clause Not Reach Tax Exempt Municipal Bonds New York Times, 20 May
Supremes Ponder "Millionaire’s Amendment" New York Times, 23 April
Court Upholds Indiana Voter ID Law New York Times, 29 April
Arguments in Age Discrimination Suit New York Times, 24 April
Stevens Rejects Death Penalty New York Times, 18 April
Court Upholds Lethal Injection New York Times, 17 April
Unanimous Decision Limits State Taxation of Out of State Businesses New York Times, 16 April
Supreme Court to Hear Case on Prosecutorial Immunity New York Times, 15 April
Supremes Take Appeal of Cost-Benefit Analysis of Water Polution New York Times, 15 April
Delaware Beats New Jersey, 6-2 New York Times, 1 April
Supremes Deny Cert. to Search of Congressman Jefferson's Home New York Times,  1 April
Do the Mentally Ill Have a Sixth Amendment Right to Self Represent? New York Times, 27 March
Justices Hear Arguments in Case on American Citizens and Transfer to Iraqi Courts New York Times, 26 March
Texas Courts Insulated from Bush Order, World Court Decision, and Vienna Conventions New York Times, 26 March
Court Hears Case Testing Whether There Is a "Consent-Once-Removed Exception " to the Fourth Amendment New York Times, 26 March
Court to Hear Warrantless Search Case New York Times, 20 March
Court Reinforces and Elaborates on Prohibition of Racial Discrimination on Juries New York Times, 20 March
Supremes Ponder the Second Amendment New York Times, 19 March
Second Amendment Case Splits Bush Administration New York TImes, 18 March
FCC and Fines for Vulgarity New York TImes, 18 March
Tie Goes to the Plantiff in Drug-Preemption Case New York Times, 4 March
Supremes Loosen Requirements for Filing Age Discrimination Suits in the Workplace New York Times, 28 Feb.
Supremes Hear Exxon-Valdez Damages Case New York Times, 28 Feb.
Cautious Decision on Workplace Discrimination New York Times, 27 Feb.
Supremes Consider what Constitutes Laundering Money New York Times, 26 Feb.
Detainees Fight Hearing Delay New York Times, 22 Feb.
New Twists in an Old Pretzel: Supremes Give Latitude to St. Courts in Retroactivity New York Times, 21 Feb.
FDA Approval Insulates Manufacturers of  Medical Supplies from Suits in State Courts New York Times, 21 Feb.
Supremes Allow Individual Pensioners to Sue Pension Plan Providers New York Times, 21 Feb.
Supremes Take a New Challenge to the Exclusionary Rule New York Times, 20 Feb.
Bush Administration Appeals Enemy Combatant Determination Case to the Supremes New York Times, 15 Feb.
Bismullah v. Gates May Throw a Wrench into Decision of Boumediene v. Bush New York Times, 6 Feb.
A Modestly Funky 5-4 Court Expands the Immunity Accorded Law Enforcement Folks New York Times, 23 Jan.
Supremes Take Two More Title VII Employment Discrimination Cases New York Times, 19 Jan.
Cert. Grants in Pre-emption Cases Bring More Federalism Issues Before the Court New York Times, 19 Jan.
Supremes Uphold NY State Judicial Election Process New York Times, 17 Jan.
Court Rules Against Investors' Suit New York Times, 16 Jan.
Supremes Hear Arguments in Misdemeanor Search Case New York Times, 15 Jan.
Court Denies Cert. to Case Dealing with FDA Approved Drugs and the Terminally Ill New York Times, 15 Jan.
Justices Accept Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause Case New York Times, 11 Jan.
Court Irritated at ID Card Critique New York Times, 10 Jan.
A Skeptical Court Hears Arguments in Lethal Injection Case New York Times, 7 Jan.
Supreme Court Takes Capital Case Involving the Rape of a Child New York Times, 5 Jan.
Court Upholds Judges' Discretion Under Sentencing Guidelines New York Times, 11 Dec.
How Much Difference Will Greater Discretion in Sentencing Have? New York Times, 11 Dec.
Supremes Grant cert. to Cases Involving Habeas Rights of Americans Arrested in Iraq New York Times, 8 Dec.
Gitmo MCA Oral Argument New York Times, 6 Dec.
Issue of Preemption in Medical Balloon Case Argued before the Court New York Times, 5 Dec
Racial Bias in Jury Selection Back Before the Court New York Times, 5 Dec.
Court Hears Age Discrimination Case New York Times, 4 Dec.
Boumediene Before the Court on Wednesday New York Times, 3 Dec.
Roadmap of Gitmo Litigation New York Times, 3 Dec.
Maine, Tobacco Sales, and Federal Power New York Times, 29 Nov.
Where Does Delaware End and New Jersey Begin? New York Times, 28 Nov.
Court Considers Whether Employees Can Sue Employers for IRA Mismanagement New York Times, 27 Nov.
The Court Grants Cert in D.C. Gun Control Case New York Times, 21 Nov.
Gun Control Case May Be Heard by the Supreme Court New York Times, 13 Nov.
Court Hears Age Discrimination in the Workplace Case New York Times, 8 Nov.
Court to Hear (In)effective Counsel Case Concerning Plea Bargain Negotiations New York Times, 6 Nov.
Supremes Hear Case on State Tax Favoritism for In-State Issued Bonds New York Times, 6 Nov.
Court Stays Execution New York Times, 31 Oct.
Supremes Hear Child Porn Case New York Times, 31 Oct.
Stay of Lethal Injection Before the Supreme Court New York Times, 30 Oct.
Supremes to Consider Punitive Damages Case Arising from Exxon Valdez Spill New York Times, 30 Oct.
Is There a De Facto Moratorium on Capital Punishment Currently in Place? New York Times, 19 Oct.
Court to Hear Dispute Over What Constitutes "Money Laundering" New York Times, 16 Oct.
Where Does Delaware Stop and New Jersey Start?  SC to Decide New York Times, 16 Oct.
The U.S. Files Its Gitmo Brief New York Times, 11 Oct.
Court Hears Medellin Case on Treaty Enforcement and States' Rights New York Times, 11 Oct.
Supremes Ponder Third-Party Liability in Securities Fraud Case New York Times, 10 Oct.
Justices Hear Oral Argument in NY Judicial Selection Case New York Times, 4 Oct.
Sentencing Guidelines Again Before the Court New York Times, 3 Oct.
Supremes Deny Cert. to Cases Raising Religious Clause Issues New York Times, 2 Oct.
Overview of 2007 Term New York Times, 1 Oct.
Snapshot of Some Politically and Legally Salient Cases in the '07 Term New York Times, 1 Oct
Supremes Stay Texas Execution New York Times, 28 Sept
Justices Contemplate Lethal Injections (not for themselves)

New York Times, 26 Sept.

Justices Take Voter ID case

New York Times, 26 Sept

 

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