Tuesday, June 29, 2004
The Supreme Court
The Paper Chase has posted information about several recent Supreme Court decisions. This information includes links to the opinions, concurrences, dissents, case backgrounders, and news stories.
- Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain (Court held Alvarez-Machain could not pursue his claim under the Alien Tort Claims Act)
- Ashcroft v. ACLU (Court called into question the constitutionality of Child Online Protection Act)
- Cox v. Larios(ruled against a Georgia redistricting plan drawn by the state's Democratic-controlled legislature)
Also, SCOTUSblog has posted statistics for the latest term of the Supreme Court. SCOTUSblog is a great place to find news about the latest Supreme Court decisions and statistics on the Court.
And...BeSpacific has posted several links to commentaries of this Supreme Court term, including this in-depth article by the ACLU on major civil liberties decisions.
