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First among Friends: Interest Groups, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Right to Privacy

Book by Nadine Strossen, Suzanne U. Samuels; Praeger, 2004

Subjects:

Briefs--United States, Government Litigation--United States, Judicial Process--United States, Pressure Groups--United States, Privacy, Right Of--United States, United States--Supreme Court

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In the last several decades, there has been an explosion in the number of amici curiae, or "friend of the Court," briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. Amici are not formal parties to a lawsuit, but file to help inform the Justices about the wider repercussions of the case before them. Public ...
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In the last several decades, there has been an explosion in the number of amici curiae, or "friend of the Court," briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court. Amici are not formal parties to a lawsuit, but file to help inform the Justices about the wider repercussions of the case before them. Public law scholars have long discussed whether these briefs have an impact on the Justices. This book is the first study that seeks to assess the extent of amici influence.
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Keeping the Faith: A Cultural History of the U.S. Supreme Court

Book by John E. Semonche; Rowman & Littlefield, 1998

Subjects:

Constitutional History--United States, United States--Supreme Court--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

This ambitious and accessible history of the nation's highest court contains information important for every American to know.
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Constitutional Courts in Comparison: The U.S. Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court

Book by Ralf Rogowski, Thomas Gawron; Berghahn Books, 2002

Subjects:

Constitutional Courts, Germany--Bundesverfassungsgericht, Judicial Review, United States--Supreme Court

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...the docket of the U.S. Supreme Court until the 1916-1925...access to abortions (OConnor 1980, 1983). Other...constitutional docket of the U.S. Supreme Court is now dominated...al. 1983). In the U.S. Supreme Court, dissensus has become...
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Strategic Behavior and Policy Choice on the U.S. Supreme Court

Book by Thomas H. Hammond, Chris W. Bonneau, Reginald S. Sheehan; Stanford University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Judicial Process--United States, United States--Supreme Court--Decision Making

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...Behavior and Policy Choice on the U. S. Supreme Court Strategic Behavior and Policy Choice on the U.S. Supreme Court THOMAS H. HAMMOND, CHRIS W...behavior and policy choice on the U.S. Supreme Court / Thomas H. Hammond, Chris...
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Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court

Book by Henry J. Abraham; Oxford University Press, 1992

Subjects:

Executive Power--United States, Judges--Selection And Appointment--United States, Political Questions And Judicial Power--United States, United States--Congress--Senate--Powers And Duties, United States--Supreme Court--History, United States--Supreme Court--Officials And Employees--Selection And Appointment

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This new edition of this classic history of the Supreme Court discusses the selection, nomination, and appointment of each of the Justices who have sat on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Abraham provides a fascinating account of the presidential motivations behind each nomination, examining how ...
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This new edition of this classic history of the Supreme Court discusses the selection, nomination, and appointment of each of the Justices who have sat on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1789. Abraham provides a fascinating account of the presidential motivations behind each nomination, examining how each appointee's performance on the bench fulfilled, or disappointed, presidential expectations.
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The U.S. Supreme Court 1969-1992: A Shift toward an Individualistic Style of Judging

Journal article by David K. Scott, Robert H. Gobetz; Communication Studies, Vol. 54, 2003

Subjects:

Federal courts--Management, Federal courts--Officials and employees, Judges--Attitudes, Judges--Management, Judicial opinions--Analysis, United States. Supreme Court--Management, United States. Supreme Court--Officials and employees

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...ideology became a prime determinant of U.S. Supreme Court nominees. Viewing the Court as...emergence of either a Kennedy or OConnor (depending on the area of law...has increased over time on the U.S. Supreme Court. We believe it is important to...
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The Senate Confirmation Process and the Quality of U.S. Supreme Court Justices

Journal article by Michael Comiskey; Polity, Vol. 38, 2006

Subjects:

Confirmation hearings--Analysis, Judicial selection--Analysis, Supreme Court justices--Evaluation, Supreme Court justices--Political aspects, Supreme Court justices--Recruiting, Supreme court justices--Evaluation, Supreme court justices--Political aspects, Supreme court justices--Recruiting

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...nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court, these ratings...65-68. (18.) 347 U.S. 483 (1954). (19...The Selling of Supreme Court Nominees (Baltimore...3-31; Stuart S. Nagel, "Characteristics of Supreme Court Greatness; Journal...
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U.S. Supreme Court Trends

Journal article by Charles F. Williams; Social Education, Vol. 64, 2000

Subjects:

Church and state--Cases, Criminal law--Cases, Freedom of association--Cases, Freedom of speech--Cases, Grandparent and child--Cases, United States. Supreme Court--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

U.S. Supreme Court Trends. by CHARLES...But it was Justices OConnor and Kennedy, the crucial...Senators: A History of the U.S. Supreme Court Appointments from Washington...Williams, Charles F. "U. S. Supreme Court Trends: Social Education...
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Advocacy in the U.S. Supreme Court: Expertise within the Appellate Bar

Journal article by Kevin T. Mcguire; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 11, 1994

Subjects:

Appellate courts--Practice, United States. Supreme Court--Practice

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...Agenda Setting in the United States Supreme Court 127 (Harv. U. Press, 1991); Cf. Lee Epstein and Karen OConnor, States and the U.S. Supreme Court: An Examination of Litigation Outcomes, 69 Soc. Sci. Q. 660 (1988). (16.)Note that the total number...
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"The Cult of the Robe": The U.S. Supreme Court in the American Mind

Journal article by Barbara A. Perry; Social Education, Vol. 66, 2002

Subjects:

Bush, George W.--Political activity, Elections--2000, Presidents--Elections, United States. Supreme Court--Public opinion

Collections: Education, Entire Library

"The cult of the robe": the U.S. Supreme Court in the American mind by Barbara A. Perry...conservative members of the Court (Rehnquist, Thomas, Scalia, OConnor, Kennedy, all appointed by Republican presidents) voted...

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States and the New High Court: States Have a Different Standing in the U.S. Supreme Court without Their Two Champions of Federalism

Magazine article by David G. Savage; State Legislatures, Vol. 32, July 2006

Subjects:

O'Connor, Sandra Day--Powers and duties, O'Connor, Sandra Day--Services, Rehnquist, William H.--Powers and duties, Rehnquist, William H.--Services, Supreme Court justices--Powers and duties, Supreme Court justices--Services, Supreme court justices--Powers and duties, Supreme court justices--Services, United States. Supreme Court--Officials and employees

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...Standing in the U.S. Supreme Court without Their...Justice Sandra Day OConnor, the only state...senator and U.S. attorney general.) The next year, OConnor spoke for the Court in declaring...Savage is the U.S. Supreme Court correspondent...
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A Supreme Fight: How Will the Future of Gay Equality Be Affected by Bush Appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court? Battle Lines Are Now Being Drawn

Magazine article by Emily Heil; The Advocate, July 19, 2005

Subjects:

Bush, George W.--Political activity, Gay and lesbian rights--Political aspects, O'Connor, Sandra Day--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Rehnquist, William H.--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Rehnquist, William H.--Health aspects, Supreme Court justices--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Supreme Court justices--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Supreme Court justices--Health aspects, Supreme court justices--Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Supreme court justices--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Supreme court justices--Health aspects, United States. Supreme Court--Officials and employees

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...maintain that "dont ask" violates the U.S. Constitution. If the government...appeal, it could be heard by the Supreme Court. And a federal courts decision in...balance to the right. Sandra Day OConnor, 75, a moderate who is thus a swing...
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Political Speech Rules: The U.S. Supreme Court Has Ruled on Campaign Finance Laws and Will Soon Decide the Role of Political Parties in Choosing Candidates

Magazine article by David G. Savage; State Legislatures, Vol. 33, October 2007

Subjects:

Campaign funds--Political aspects, Freedom of speech--Political aspects, Medical equipment--Political aspects, Physiological apparatus--Political aspects, Political fund raising--Political aspects, Political parties--Political aspects, United States. Supreme Court--Political activity

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...Speech Rules: The U.S. Supreme Court Has Ruled on Campaign...Rehnquist and Justice OConnor with Chief Justice...judge and the U.S. court of appeals in...appealed to the Supreme Court. Its lawyers...Savage is the U.S. Supreme Court correspondent...
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Court Report: States Lose a Few in This Term's U.S. Supreme Court Decisions

Magazine article by David G. Savage; State Legislatures, Vol. 30, September 2004

Subjects:

Judicial discretion--Laws, regulations and rules, Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Laws, regulations and rules, State laws--Analysis, United States. Supreme Court--Laws, regulations and rules

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...in This Terms U.S. Supreme Court Decisions...Justice Sandra Day OConnor. She pointed to...Amendment of the U.S. Constitution...2 ruling, the Supreme Court sided with the...Savage covers the U.S. Supreme Court for the Los Angeles...
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The Real Problem with Kelo: By Intervening without Jurisdiction in a State-Level Eminent Domain Case, the U.S. Supreme Court Has Imperiled Property Rights Nationwide

Magazine article by R. Cort Kirkwood; The New American, Vol. 21, July 25, 2005

Subjects:

Eminent domain (Law)--Interpretation and construction, Kelo, Susette--Cases, Landowners--Cases, New London, Connecticut--Buildings and facilities, Property rights--Cases, Right of property--Cases, United States. Supreme Court--Cases, United States. Supreme Court--Powers and duties

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...In June, they lost again. In a majority opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court said it could not "second-guess" local governments...In her dissent, retiring Associate Justice Sandra Day OConnor protested that such an approach to "economic development...

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U.S Supreme Court Ruling Expected Today of Bush Plea to Bar All Further Recounting

Newspaper article by Frank J. Murray; The Washington Times, December 12, 2000

Subjects:

Boies, David, Bush, George W., Florida

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the divided U.S. Supreme Court seemed to...Sandra Day OConnor, who asked...after Justice OConnor angrily accused...the Dec. 4 Supreme Court order to...violated the U.S. Constitution...Justice OConnor said. The Florida court said last...presidency, the U.S. Supreme Court justices...
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More Powerful Than Parchment; U.S. Constitution Strengthened by Supreme Court

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 24, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...independent counsel, but he also has been the U.S. solicitor general, a circuit court judge and a Supreme Court clerk for Chief Justice Warren Burger...Kennedy and enjoined by Justice Sandra Day OConnor, Justice Kennedy said while Congress went...
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Replacing Justice O'Connor; the Supreme Court Shouldn't Be Lopsidedly Male

Newspaper article; Sarasota Herald Tribune, July 7, 2005

Subjects:

O'Connor, Sandra Day, United States. Supreme Court

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Replacing Justice OConnor; the Supreme Court Shouldnt Be...break the U.S. Supreme Courts gender...Sandra Day OConnors retirement...with OConnors court opinions...perspective before OConnors 1981 appointment...underrepresented on the Supreme Court. Justice Ruth...
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Supreme Court Justices Have a Legacy of Endurance

Newspaper article by Frank J. Murray; The Washington Times, October 16, 2000

Subjects:

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, O'Connor, Sandra Day, United States. Supreme Court

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...persons who served on the Supreme Court in U.S. history were born in...Justices Sandra Day OConnor, 70, and Ruth Bader...health issues - Justice OConnor had breast cancer and...about the air in the Supreme Court building that they ought...
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Nominee Will Be Named in 'Weeks'; White House Refuses to Reveal Shortlist for Supreme Court Opening

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 6, 2005

Subjects:

United States. Supreme Court

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...pick a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court "in a few weeks," likely...of Justice Sandra Day OConnor, who retired last week...well to prepare for a Supreme Court fight that is likely...second opening on the Supreme Court comes soon. Many have...

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Supreme Court, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...in this case the Supreme Court limited the scope...Amendment to the U.S. Constitution...Ford; Sandra Day OConnor , the first female...supreme court, the U.S. Supreme Court split 5 4 along...retirement of Justice OConnor and the death of...
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O'Connor, Sandra Day

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

OCONNOR, SANDRA DAY 1930 , U.S. lawyer and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1981 2006), b. El Paso, Tex. Graduating...President Reagan nominated her to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she became the first woman...
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Kennedy, Anthony Mcleod

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Ginsburg, President Reagan nominated Kennedy to the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing Lewis F. Powell . On the court, Kennedy...regarded as part of a centrist bloc with Sandra Day OConnor and David Souter . Further changes in the courts...
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Rehnquist, William Hubbs

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixt

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