A year ago, the Supreme Court decided on one of the most controversial campaign finance cases in recent history. Now, a liberal group, Common Cause, has filed a petition arguing that Justices Scalia and Thomas should be taken off campaign finance cases.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: 45-square-miles of complex legal questions, where the Constitution may (or may not) apply, and where, as of Wednesday, May 1st, 100 of the 166 detainees are on hunger strike. In 2008, in the case Boumediene v. Bush, the Supreme Court ruled that habeas corpus — the constitutional right to have a court […]
Today, just a few months after the Supreme Court announced its decision on the Affordable Care Act, perhaps the most important opinion in decades, the Court begins its 2012-2013 term. While the Court has announced only half of the cases it will hear over the next nine months, Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law at George […]