One of the things that struck me in Floyd Abrams’ First Amendment book (see immediately preceding post) was his observations regarding interesting juxtapositions on the US Supreme Court. Particularly, he pointed out that in the challenge to the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform law, justices who would be considered more “pro” First Amendment tended to support […]
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Of course, the decisions in the enemy combatant cases came down while I was out of town. I can’t really improve on the analysis and summaries that appear at, among others, Scrivener’s Error or SCOTUSblog. And Elaine Cassel has an interesting take at her civil liberties blog. I was struck by Justice Stevens’ dissent in […] Eyes are focused on the transition to Iraqi authority on June 30. That date has additional significance for the nation and perhaps the election. Traditionally, the U.S. Supreme Court goes into recess June 30 and tries to issue opinions in submitted cases by then. As of this posting, 12 cases remain for decision. Three directly […] I keep referring to this case because I see it is a prime example of the threat Bush, Ashcroft and the Patriot Act pose to our civil liberties. The reason is that he is a US citizen who was detained on US soil. Both Discourse.net and Atrios have excellent comments regarding an MSNBC report that […] Is That Legal? has some interesting observations on whether the abuse stories emerging in Iraq means the Justice Department lied to the Supreme Court. Edward Lazarus makes a similar but broader point in a FindLaw column that also touches somewhat on the topic of my last post. |
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