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Focuses on the issues concerning the Fourth Amendment in the United States. Review of search-and seizure cases; Debate on the exclusionary rule; Reasons for the influx of Fourth Amendment cases.

Focuses on the proliferation of Federalism, First and Fourth amendment cases among priority cases of the United States Supreme Court. List of cases with potentially major ramifications; Exploration of the scope of free speech guarantees; Impact of Fourth Amendment changes on law enforcers.

Reports on United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's reading of his dissent in the case `Hill v. Colorado' in July 2000. Court's upholding of Colorado's picketing law; Comparison with the 1992 case `Planned Parenthood of Southern Pennsylvania v. Casey'; Focus on Kennedy's stance on abortion; Changes in the court's jurisprudence; Reaffirmation of the case `Roe v. Wade.'

Investigates the influence of amici briefs on a New Jersey Supreme Court case concerning gays in the Boy Scouts. Issue on the participation of nonparties through amicus, or friend-of-the-court briefs; Filing of amici briefs under Supreme Court rules; Types of amici briefs; Patterns in the statistics on briefs and outcomes.

Focuses on the debate between pro-abortion rights and anti-abortion leaders of the United States regarding the partial-birth abortion method. Definition of partial abortion under the law of Nebraska; Court's ruling on the Stenberg versus Carhart abortion case; Difference between the 1973 Roe versus Wade case and the Carhart case.

Focuses on the case Dickerson versus United States (US) which legal experts in the believe could reverse the Miranda doctrine set by the US Supreme Court. How James W. Hundley, lawyer for the plaintiff in the case, handled the case to the US Supreme Court; Facts on the case; Interest of the legal community in the case; Implications of the likely reversal of the Miranda doctrine to the conduct of custodial investigation by police.

Reports on the political battle that doomed the federal court nomination of Missouri judge Ronnie White. Information on death penalty cases handled by White; Issue over how much federal review should be available.

Reports on the constitutional battle between Congress and the states in a trio of United States Supreme Court challenges in the 1999-2000 term. Dominant theme in the term; Comments from laws school professors; Examples of high court cases.

Focuses on the federalism decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Overview of the views of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist; Discussion on the court's work as civil and statutory; Question regarding the definition of a conservative court.

Focuses on the role of justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor who have voted most often with the majority in the cases that divide the United States Supreme Court. Comparison of the two justices; Views on the two; Importance of swing votes.

Reports on the issue of the hourly rate for United States private attorneys representing indigent defendants under the 1964 federal Criminal Justice Act. Sectors pushing Congress for full funding of the $75-per-hour rate in fiscal year 2000; Contention that current rates are fueling a crisis in recruiting qualified lawyers for such cases.

Focuses on the post-conviction legal aid provided by the state of Florida to death row inmates. How Jeffrey Muehleman was misrepresented by state lawyers; Provision of the Registry Act; Legal attacks on the Florida Supreme Court on both the public and private death row.

Focuses on cases to be heard in the United States Supreme Court starting October 5, 1998. Types of cases to be heard; Comments from Douglas Kmiec, a court scholar at the University of Notre Dame School of Law; Reference to Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr's investigation of US President Bill Clinton. INSETS: And in Business;Cases to Watch.

Focuses on the legal issues to be tackled by the US Supreme Court in cases scheduled to be heard for 1997. Features of the challenge to affirmative action; Challenge to the admissibility of polygraph evidence; Same-sex sexual harassment case scheduled for review by the US Supreme Court; Features of the case involving lawyers' trust accounts.

Focuses on the dispute between Louisiana Governor Mike Foster and the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana who are representing some of the state's poorest residents in their battle against the construction of a chemical plant in the state's so-called Cancer Alley. Features of a 1994 executive order concerning the environmental effects of policies of federal agencies.

Evaluates the legal decisions of 1996-1997 term of the US Supreme Court. Lack of constitutional right to doctor-assisted suicide; Provisions in the Brady gun control act; Limitations of the US Congress's powers; Lower court reversal rates; Voting alignments on the Supreme Court; Expansion of rights under criminal law; Federalism and separation-of-powers decisions.

Focuses on high-profile lawyers who were invited by United States President Bill Clinton at the White House for coffees and overnights as part of a fund-raising campaign for his reelection in November 1996. Includes Allen W. Bird; Richard L. Mays; Geoffrey L. Gifford.

Focuses on the practices of US Supreme Court lawyers to whom clients are increasingly turning because of their familiarity with the ways of the court and their track records. Legal influence wielded by high court lawyers; Variations in fees received by them; Factors responsible to their large fee.

Reports on the rating of President Bill Clinton and Bob Dole on civil liberties issues in the campaign for the 1996 presidential election. Disappointment of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Focuses on issues and cases set to face the US Supreme Court as it opens its session on October 7, 1996. Inquiry into the constitutionality of the Brady gun-control law; Separation of powers and its implication in the sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton; Abortion cases involving Reverend Paul Schenck. INSET: Cases to watch..

Profiles Walter Dellinger, acting solicitor general of the United States. Personal background; Views on civil rights and feminism; Job description; Views on his job; Career history; Challenges facing Dellinger.

Describes US Supreme Court judgments for the term 1995-1996. Includes high degree of agreement pro-government in criminal cases; Expansiveness of protection of speech and association of rights; Intolerance of efforts by the government to classify people. INSETS: Repeat performers.;Big cases' winners and losers..

Focuses on the United States Supreme Court cases on the amount of deference courts should give to tariff classification rulings by federal agencies. Account of the 'US v. Mead Corp.' case; Implications for importers; Ramifications for companies facing interpretative rulings by federal agencies; Revocation of classification ruling on day planners.

Reports on the broader impact of three United States Supreme Court cases involving the protection of birds and how to deal with smog, which could put new limits on the federal regulation of state and business activities far beyond the environmental arena. Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act as backdrop; Limits on Congress' legislative authority under the commerce clause; Examination of the nondelegation doctrine.

Reports on two cases being heard by the United States Supreme Court that raise questions about the role of federal courts under the Federal Arbitration Act. 'Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers'; 'Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Randolph'; Tests to the boundaries of the strong national policy toward arbitration.

Focuses on a high number of United States (U.S.) Supreme Court cases dealing with day-in, day-out operations of businesses. Tax treatment of discharged indebtedness by an insolvent Subchapter S corporation; Regulatory agencies' use of cost-benefit analysis when setting regulatory standards; Delegated legislative power of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Air Act.

Focuses on the ideal jurist preferred by presidential candidates for the November 2000 elections in the United States. Term used by critics for the type of judges preferred by the candidates; Application of the term to liberal-leaning judges and judicial nominees; Attribution of judicial activitism to the Republican appointees for the federal appellate bench.

Discusses a precedent United States Supreme Court case, Lemon v. Kurtzman and its influence on high court decisions both involving religion and schools. Rejection of a school district's policy of permitting student-led prayer at football games in Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe; Refusal to review a petition from a Louisiana school board that required students to read the disclaimer.

Reports that employers will likely face more jury trials because of the ruling of the United States Supreme Court in the Roger Reeves versus Sanderson Plumbing Products Inc. case, arose from an age discrimination suit. Two ways in which the age bias ruling can affect employers; What could make an employer liable for intentional discrimination; Advice to companies in resolving such claims.

Discusses the study conducted by James S. Liebman, law professor at the Columbia University in New York, on the rate of error in cases involving capital punishment. Implication of the results of the study; Rate of error in the trial of cases involving capital punishment; Details on the study.

Reports on two bankruptcy rulings given by the United States Supreme Court. Information on the case `Hartford Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Union Planters Bank N.A.'; `Raleigh v. Illinois Department of Revenue'; Implication of the court decisions.

Explains that the verdict of the United States Supreme Court on the case Geier versus American Honda Motor Co. will have positive effect for businesses. Discussion on the tort issue contested on the case; Facts on the case; Laws on tort and liability which were explored in deciding the case.

Surveys some of the cases pending before the United States (U.S.) Supreme Court which will impact constitutional law. Analysis on the series of rulings made by the U.S. Supreme Court; Facts on the cases; Areas in contest on the cases which the U.S. Supreme Court will explore.

Focuses on the issue of enforcement of constitutional boundaries between national and state sovereigns in the United States after the ruling on the United States (US) versus Morrison case which questions the authority of federal lawmakers. Comments from university professors on the issue; Avenues recommended by professors and scholars that could work for the US Congress in the post-Morrison era.

Deals with the United States Supreme Court's ruling on the whistleblower protection act or Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Overview of the lawsuit filed by Robert A. Beck II against the directors of Southeastern Insurance Group for his allegedly improper firing; Statements issued by Justice Clarence Thomas; Implications of the court's ruling on the case of Beck.

Discusses information on the class action case Free versus Abbott Laboratories. Background of the case; Power of federal courts to take control of a class action diversity suit; Reality of class action litigation illustrated by Free; How the Free case began.

Discusses the United States (US) Supreme Court case Reeves versus Sanderson Plumbing Products Inc. Questions on age bias in employment; Significance of the decision on the case; Overview of the case before lower courts in the US; Decisions on the US Supreme Court on age bias in employment.

Reports that the United States Supreme Court will hear the arguments for the cases Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast Inc. versus U.S. and Marathon Oil Co. versus U.S. Objective of the cases; Overview of the cases.

Highlights the United States Supreme Court case Weisgram versus Marley Co. asserting that appellate courts have the authority to enter judgment as a matter of law for the trial loser where the testimonies are erroneous. Details of the product liability case; Reason behind the decision of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Effects of the decision on litigants with expert testimony.

Reveals that the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on a patient's lawsuit against a health maintenance organization (HMO) which challenge the scope of fiduciaries in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Interrelationship between ERISA pre-emption and ERISA causes of action; Background of Cynthia Herdrich's case; Issue of financial incentives for doctors in an HMO scheme.

Reports that the United States (US) Supreme Court Justices heard arguments in the case Weisgram versus Marley Co. challenging the ruling of the US Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit on the admission of expert testimony. Overview of the case; Significance of the Supreme Court's ruling; Arguments of the counsels for plaintiff and defendant.

Looks at the key issues in which the United States (US) Supreme Court is focusing on whether to rule three federal laws as constitutional or unconstitutional. How the US Congress perceives the constitutionality issue of the three federal laws; Details on the cases which raised the constitutionality issue of the three federal laws.

Reports on the plan of the United States Supreme Court to focus on the nature and extent of the constitutional right of parents to raise their children. Question that the justices will hear about the issue; Information on the issue in Troxel versus Granville, No. 99-138; Problems encountered by the court about state laws.

Discusses the two environmental lawsuits in the United States that are focused on attorney fees when defendants prevail. Insight on the lawsuit involving Pacific Lumber Co. and Marbeled Murrelet; Information on the lawsuit involving Steel Co. and Citizens for a Better Environment; View of Robin Rivett of Pacific Legal Foundation on the potential fee awards to defendants.

Reports on the two federalism challenges that justices have added to the United States (US) Congress. Issues whose constitutionality are agreed to be examined; View of former Solicitor General Walter E. Dellinger III; Federal statutes that are involved on the federalism challenges.

Focuses on the United States Supreme Court's examination of the tensions between federal and state powers in the case, Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. Implications of a victory by the original defendant, American Honda; Federal pre-emption of state tort law; Erosion of remedies for people injured by products.

Discusses the duties of a lawyer and the rights of his client on court appeals. Reason for reviewing some cases from appellate courts; Details on some cases covering the issue about the effectiveness of a defense counsel.

Reports on the United States Supreme Court case, Friends of the Earth versus Laidlaw Environmental Services, regarding the issue on the catalyst theory of attorney fees. Decisions of the district court and the Supreme Court; Information on the catalyst theory of attorney fees; Comments from John Echeverria of Georgetown University Law Center.

Reports that Alexis Geier sued American Honda Motor Co. for negligence, breach of warranty and strick products liability. Injuries suffered by Geier from a car accident; Details on the lawsuit; Comments from Supreme Court litigator Mark Levy.

Criticizes the distinction between physically and nonphysically based awards under the 1996 Small Business Job Protection Act. Cases in which the tax provision's impact is felt; Comments from employment lawyer Frederick M. Gittes; Associations that are supporting the proposed Civil Rights Tax Fairness Act of 19997.