NYTimes Coverage of the 2006 term of the Supreme Court

Linda Greenhouse's Wrap of the 2006 Term... Inching and Striding Right New York Times, 1 July
Graphic Display of the 2006 Term's 5-4 Decisions New York Times, 1 July
On Second Thought, Court Says "Bring Gitmo Cases On!" New York Times, 29 June
Court Limits Use of Race in School Assignment of Pupils New York Times, 29 June
Principal Can Punish "Bong Hits For Jesus" New York Times, 29 June
Standing Denied in Establishment Clause Challenge New York Times, 29 June
Backpedaling on Regulation of Campaign Finance? New York Times, 29 June
Justices Support Sentencing Guidelines New York Times, 22 June
Court Makes Investor Suits More Difficult New York Times, 22 June
Precents in Peril as Roberts Court Takes Form New York Times, 20 June
Securities Protected in I.P.O. Case New York Times, 19 June
Passenger in Car Pulled Over by Police is Also Siezed New York Times, 19 June
In Its Increasingly Common 5-4 Posture, Court Rejects Appeal of Erroneous Instructions New York Times, 15 June
Court Allows NYC to Tax "Living Spaces" in U.N. Missions New York Times, 15 June
Court to Hear Sentencing Case: Coke, Crack, and Guidelines New York Times, 12 June
Court Gives State Judges Wide Latitude in Capital Jury Selection New York Times, 5 June
5-4 Court Makes it More Difficult for Plantiffs to Win Pay Discrimination Suits New York Times, 29 May
Court Rules Parents Can Bring Suit Under Disabilities in Education Act New York Times, 22 May
Supremes to Hear Silent Commerce Clause Case on Taxation of State Bonds New York Times, 22 May
Death Penatly Challenge on Habeas Goes Down 5-4 New York Times, 15 May
Justices Take Up Case Pitting Texas Against the Federal Gov't (and the World!) New York Times, 1 May
Justices Uphold Use of Deadly Force in Car Chase New York Times, 1 May
A Patent Decision New York Times, 1 May
Supremes Hear Campaign Finance Case New York Times, 26 April
Supremes Toss Out Three Texas Death Penalty Convictions New York Times, 26 April
Do Fed. Courts have Jurisdiction Over State Suits Filed Against Foreign Countries? New York Times, 25 April
Is the Passenger in a Car Pulled Over for a Traffic Stop "Seized"? New York Times, 24 April
Court Upholds Partial Birth Abortion Ban New York Times, 19 April
Banking and Federalism New York Times, 18 April
EPA Has Authority to Regulate Vehicular Emissions New York Times, 3 April
Supremes Deny cert in Gitmo Case New York Times, 3 April
Gitmo Issues for the Supremes New York Times, 30 March
Leather Goods, Minimum Pricing, and Anti-Trust New York Times, 27 March
Court Takes on Pandering Question in Child Pornography Act New York Times, 27 March
The Death Penalty, Closing Statements, and Habeas Review New York Times, 27 March
The Justices Inhale: Oral Arguments in the Bong Hits 4 Jesus Case New York Times, 20 March
Court Takes Bong Hits 4 Jesus New York Times, 18 March
Court Hears Standing Issue in Faith-Based Initiatives Case New York Times, 1 March
Parents' Rights to Press Clams of Disabled Children in Court New York Times, 28 Feb.
Supreme Court Races After "Deadly Force" New York Times, 27 Feb.
Court Takes Cases Dealing with Elections and Guns; Rejects Sentencing New York Times, 27 Feb.
Court Strikes Down Punitive Award in Tobacco Case New York Times, 21 Feb.
Sentencing Guidelines Issues Back before the Court New York Times, 21 Feb.
New York's Mode of Selecting Trial Court Judges to Come to the Supremes New York Times, 20 Feb.
Court Strikes California Sentencing System New York Times, 23 Jan.
Supremes Ease Appellate Court Interpretation of Limits on Prisoner Suits New York Times, 23 Jan.
Court Expedites Campaign Finance Case New York Times, 20 Jan.
Supremes Back in Texas, Pondering the Death Penalty New York Times, 18 Jan.
Supremes Refuse to Revisit a Controversial Eminent Domain Case New York Times, 17 Jan.
Unions, Dues, Politics, and the First Amendment New York Times, 11 Jan.
Patent Decision May Help Fuel Smaller Firms New York Times, 10 Jan.
Group Designated a "Terrorist Organization" Sees Case denied cert. New York Times, 9 Jan.
Mental Illness and the Death Penalty to be Treated by the Court New York Times, 6 Jan.
Supremes Take Two Antitrust Cases New York Times, 8 Dec.
The Mysterious Case of the Dwindling Docket New York Times, 7 Dec.
Deportation, Drug Convictions, and a Set-Back for Executive Authority New York Times, 6 Dec.
Race and Schools Before the Court New York Times, 5 Dec.
Court to Consider Church-State, Free Expression, and Land Use Cases New York Times, 2 Dec.
Court Hears Global Warming Case New York Times, 30 Nov.
Gas Pedals, Patents, and the "Obvious" New York Times, 29 Nov.
Workplace Discrimination New York Times, 28 Nov.
First Decision of the Term: 5-4 Upholding of California Death Sentence New York Times, 14 Nov.
Supremes Hear "Partial Birth Abortion" Case New York Times, 9 Nov.
Supremes to Revisit Sentencing Guidelines New Yort Times, 7 Nov.
Partial Birth Abortion: Kennedy's Choice New Yort Times, 5 Nov.
Compensatory Damages Case Heard by the Supremes New York Times, 1 Nov.
Court, Without Reaching the Merits, Allows Arizona Voter ID Law New York Times, 21 Oct.
The Limits of Habeas Corpus Under Federal Law New York Times, 12 Oct.
Deportation Status of State-Conviceted Felons New York Times, 4 Oct.
Preview of 2006 Term New York Times, 2 Oct.
Union Fees, Effective Counsel, and 7 Other Cases Added to 2006 Docket New York Times, 27 Sept.

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