Robert Ambrogi BlogAs the question of the day becomes who will succeed Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, here are three useful sites to turn to for background:…
Justice O’Connor to retire
The first woman Supreme Court justice says she will step down as soon as her successor is named.…
Web site helps teach about landmark Supreme Court cases
If you are ever invited into a local classroom to speak about the Supreme Court’s role in our nation’s history, you may first want to visit Landmark Supreme Court Cases, a site developed to support educators in teaching about landmark Supreme Court cases. Focusing on cases such as Marbury v. Madison,
New and improved SCOTUSBlog
The former SCOTUSBlog is now the new and improved SCOTUSBlog. Written by the Washington, D.C., firm Goldstein & Howe, and with contributions from long-time Supreme Court reporter Lyle Denniston, this is the only blog devoted to tracking litigation before the Supreme Court.…
An RSS feed for Supreme Court opinions
Yesterday’s decision in United States v. Booker is a dramatic reminder to lawyers of the importance of staying current with the Supreme Court. Since 1993, one of the best ways to keep on top of the court’s opinions has been the liibulletin, a Legal Information Institute e-mail service distributing syllabi of Supreme…
Bates participants reflect on landmark case
Looking back in an interview with the First Amendment Center, John R. Bates, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that opened the door to attorney advertsing, says: “It is the nature of the First Amendment that there is going to be speech in every medium of communication that some people don’t like.”…
As Blackmun papers go public, new Web site serves as finding aid
The papers of Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun opened to the public today at the Library of Congress. Although the papers are not available over the Web, the library launched a searchable finding aid to the complete Blackmun collection. At the time he donated the papers to the library, Blackmun stipulated that…
A site for Supreme Court records and briefs
The Curiae Project provides Supreme Court records and briefs. It selects cases to include on the site based on rankings developed from citation data in historical and constitutional texts. The Curiae Project is located at the Yale Lillian Goldman Law Library and developed in cooperation with the Library of Congress, the…
Post ‘livid’ over Times’ access to Blackmun papers
As Supreme Court scholars await the March 4 release of the late Justice Harry Blackmun’s papers, Supreme Court reporter Tony Mauro writes in Legal Times about the decision by Blackmun’s daughter Sally, to give exclusive pre-release access to the papers to reporters Linda Greenhouse of the New York Times and Nina Totenberg of National…
Medill site offers journalist’s view of Supreme Court
On the Docket, a project of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, offers a journalist’s perspective on the Supreme Court. The site lists pending and prior-term cases, with a story on each case, additional feature stories on selected cases, links to Web sites relevant to the cases, information provided by attorneys and parties…
Debevoise associate proves herself a Supreme predicter
FantasyCourt.Com — the Web site where lawyers compete to predict the outcome of Supreme Court cases — today announced the winner of its 2002-2003 challenge. Kristin Kiehn, an associate with Debevoise & Plimpton in New York, will receive $2,500 for coming in first out of 516 participants. She correctly predicted the outcome in…
Oyez Project adds MP3s of Supreme Court arguments
The Oyez Project has provided streaming audio of Supreme Court arguments since 1996, but it recently took a leap forward by adding Supreme Court audio in MP3 format. The first set of releases, which can be found here, includes 51 cases. They are release under a Creative Commons license that allows listeners…