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1. REFLECTIONS ON STARE DECISIS.

Author

GREENAWAY JR., JOSEPH A.

Subjects
*STARE decisis, *LEGAL precedent, *LEGAL judgments, *JUDICIAL process, *CIVIL rights, *DUE process of law, *RELIANCE (Law)
Published
2023

2. National Security v. Civil Liberties.

Author

Stone, Geoffrey R.

Subjects
*NATIONAL security, *CIVIL rights, *ACTIONS & defenses (Administrative law), *JUDGES, *LEGAL judgments, *CIVIL procedure, *JUDICIAL process, *POLITICAL science
Abstract

The article focuses on the problems that judges face in dealing cases that involve national security and civil liberties in the U.S. According to the article, cases like these, judges find it difficult to come up with a decision because they have little experience with national security matters. Such cases, judges are relatively novices when it comes to assessing the possible implications of their decisions on national security. It is suggested that judges must be reluctant to judgements of military and executive officials because if they make mistakes they may harm not only the national security but also the long-term credibility of the judiciary itself.

Published
2007

3. Judicial Supremacy and the Modest Constitution.

Author

Schauer, Frederick

Subjects
*CONSTITUTIONAL law, *RULE of law, *CONSTITUTIONS, *CIVIL rights, *JUDICIAL process, *LEGAL judgments
Abstract

The critics understanding of a more limited function for the judiciary in constitutional interpretation appears to rest, however, primarily on a highly contestable conception of the point of having a written constitution in the first place. Although such a conception is not without merit, it must compete with an alternative and arguably superior understanding of the raison d'etre of a written document called a "constitution." The question is whether a Supreme Court opinion should be entitled to deference just because of its source and not necessarily because of its content or its persuasiveness, and thus even when it is not persuasive.

Published
2004
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4. Judges and 'Soft Rights'

Author

Will, George

Subjects
*LEGAL judgments, *CIVIL rights, *JUDICIAL process, *EDUCATION policy, *EDUCATIONAL law & legislation
Abstract

Focuses on a court decision by Leland DeGrasse of the New York Supreme Court in which he ordered an extra $5.6 billion to be spent on urban public schools every year. Reference to a lawsuit filed in 1993 by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity; Suggestion that more money will not necessarily lead to improved education output; Reference to the book "Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government," by Ross Sandler and David Schoenbrod; Discussion of civil rights given to citizens by the courts; Discussion of whether the primary means of social improvement should be through judicially enforceable rights.

Published
2005

5. Journey to the Center of the Bench.

Author

Cranford, John and Jost, Kenneth

Subjects
*WOMEN judges, *JUDICIAL process, *CIVIL rights, *ABORTION, *LEGAL judgments, *RACE discrimination
Abstract

Profiles Sandra Day O'Connor, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Preference on judicial decision-making; Position on the constitutional right to abortion; Decision on upholding a racial preference.

Published
2005

6. Files From 80's Lay Out Stances Of Bush Nominee.

Author

Rosenbaum, David E., Pear, Robert, Glater, Jonathan, Justice, Glenn, and Lee, Kristen

Subjects
*JUDGES, *ARCHIVES, *UNITED States Supreme Court employees, *JUDICIAL process, *COURT records, *CIVIL rights, *LEGAL judgments, *COURTS, *JUDICIAL selection & appointment, *POLITICAL parties, *ACCESS to archives, *DOCUMENTATION, *RECORDS, *DISCLOSURE, UNITED States politics & government, 1981-1989
Abstract

Focuses on documents released by the U.S. government relating to Supreme Court nominee Judge John G. Roberts. Roberts' stance on civil rights issues during the President Ronald Reagan era; How Roberts advocated judicial restraint on current issues; Debate between Republicans and Democrats on the Judiciary Committee over the timetable for the confirmation and over access to other documents pertaining to Roberts' government service; Excerpts from the files; Theme of restraint in much of Roberts' work and some of his comments on judicial reasoning; Roberts' worry about the ability of courts to cope with cases unworthy of judicial attention.

Published
2005

7. Justices Say Law on Sex Bias Guards Against Retaliation, Too.

Author

Greenhouse, Linda

Subjects
*LEGAL judgments, *ANTI-discrimination laws, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *COMPLAINTS (Civil procedure), *CIVIL rights, *JUDICIAL process, *SEX discrimination, *BASKETBALL coaches, *HIGH schools, *BASKETBALL for girls, *LEGAL claims, *SOCIAL advocacy
Abstract

Reports that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the federal law barring sex discrimination in schools and colleges also prohibits school officials from retaliating against those who bring sex discrimination complaints. Significance of the five-to-four ruling, which resolved conflicting interpretations over the scope of the law, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Background on the plaintiff, male gym teacher Roderick Jackson, who lost his position as a girls' basketball coach in a Birmingham, Alabama high school after complaining of discrimination against the girls' team; Comments of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; Implications of the decision for Jackson; Reaction of Marcia D. Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, which represented Jackson.

Published
2005

8. In a Momentous Term, Justices Remake the Law, and the Court.

Author

Greenhouse, Linda

Subjects
*FEDERAL court decisions, *ACTIONS & defenses (Law), *LEGAL judgments, *JUDICIAL process, *JUDGES, *CONSTITUTIONAL law, *FEDERAL government, *AFFIRMATIVE action program laws, *LEGAL status of gay people, *CIVIL rights, *CRIMINAL law, *FREEDOM of speech, *PROPERTY rights, *PHYSICAL therapy equipment, *NEW product development, *SPORTS medicine, *REHABILITATION, *SPORTS physical therapy, *EQUIPMENT & supplies
Abstract

Examines the U.S. Supreme Court's major rulings of the 2002-2003 term. Rulings in the final week on affirmative action in university admissions and rights for gay men and lesbians; Significance of the decision opening states to lawsuits for violations of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act; Views of analysts; Disagreements among the justices; Voting record; Overview of the term's major rulings on equality, criminal law, federal authority, business, free speech and property rights.

Published
2003

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