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The article offers information on the U.S. Supreme Court case Rapanos v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Army Corps filed a civil and criminal case against real estate developer John Rapanos for failing to comply with the federal permit requirements in his development projects. The decision of Judge John Paul Stevens in the case is discussed.

The article focuses on the issues concerning the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the District of Columbia (D.C.) v. Dick Anthony Heller case regarding individual's right to bear firearms for private use in 2009. It states that in 2006, six residents including Heller challenged the Firearms Control Regulation Act, which was passed in 1975, as a violation to the Second Amendment. It cites that the appellate court dismissed five of the complainants except for Heller.

The article examines the ruling issued by the U.S. Supreme Court on the case Massachusetts et. al. versus the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its implications for public health policy and practice. The lawsuit was centered on the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by new motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act section 202(a)(1). According to the author, the case proves how the political process can affect the course of public health laws intended to ensure that health policy rests not on the unfounded claims but on scientific inquiry.

The article discusses the implications of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Gonzales versus Oregon for public health policy and practice. The Court rejected efforts by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to preempt state medical practice law permitting physician-assisted suicide. It found that nothing in the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) authorized Gonzales to define what constitutes legal medical practice. It concluded that the CSA denied Gonzales the authority he claimed.

Examines the ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on the case of Lawrence versus Texas, which struck down the anti-sodomy statutes of Texas as in violation of the Constitutional right to individual liberty. Facts being disputed in the case; Implications of the case for public health policy and practice; Arguments taken by both parties.

Examines the court ruling in the case Molloy v. Meier and its implications for public health policy and practice with respect to policy reforms in the field of newborn genetic testing and reporting. Details of the case; Stand of the Minnesota Supreme Court on the case; Importance of complete genetic testing in accordance with the state protocol and careful counseling.