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21 Dec 2010, 11:46 am by David Lat
Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion, by Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel: This is the long-awaited biography of liberal lion William Brennan, reflecting more than 60 recorded interviews with the justice and exclusive access to certain Brennan papers (including his famous case histories). [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 6:21 am by Adam Chandler
Stern, one of Justice Brennans biographers, thinks that Justice Brennan “might have felt some measure of vindication had he lived long enough to witness Stevens emerge as a forceful opponent of the death penalty. [read post]
10 Nov 2010, 4:31 am by Michael Scutt
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8 Nov 2010, 10:57 am by Roshonda Scipio
: straddling Islamic law and U.S. justice / Mark E. [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 11:30 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Governor Jindal said, "Our most fundamental goals for revitalizing Louisiana have been to restore our coast and certify that our Louisiana seafood is safe - and today, we are marking tremendous progress toward those goals. [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 12:47 pm by Bexis
  But a defendant’s awareness that the stream of commerce may or will sweep the product into the forum State does not convert the mere act of placing the product into the stream into an act purposefully directed toward the forum State.480 U.S. 112 (all citations and quotation marks removed).Justice Brennan, speaking for another coterie of four justices, took the opposite view:The stream of commerce refers not to unpredictable currents or eddies, but to the… [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 3:00 am by Guest Blogger
In 1990, President George Bush appointed Souter to fill the vacancy left by Justice William Brennans departure, declaring: “I have chosen a person who will interpret the Constitution and, in my view, not legislate from the Federal bench. [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 10:35 am by James Bickford
  Mark Sherman of the Associated Press (via KansasCity.com) reports on Justice Breyer’s ambivalence at the prospect of introducing cameras to the Court. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 9:33 am by David Lat
There’s a new book out about the Court — the long-awaited biography of Justice Brennan, by Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel.And, of course, we have new Supreme Court clerk hires to report, for the Term after this one — October Term 2011. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 1:31 pm by Steve Hall
(It's a mark of how society has changed that today Catholics form the Court's establishment--there are six, appointed by presidents of both parties.) [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 8:02 am by Amanda Rice
Mark Albertson of the San Francisco Examiner previews two technology cases the Court will hear this term: Schwarzenegger v. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 11:01 pm by Mark Bennett
Brennan distinction between prison conditions and punishment takes the teeth out of the Eighth Amendment’s protections for prisoners: “Farmer’s holding encourages and even rewards a prison official’s utter failure to pay attention. [read post]
28 Sep 2010, 2:48 pm
Mark Sherman, Inside Washington: Judges' Disclosures Hard To Get, Associated Press, September 20, 2010; Editorial: Waiting Period, Las Vegas Review-Journal, September 22, 2010. [read post]