Supreme Court Watch 2004: Highlights of the 2001-2003 Terms, Preview of the 2004 Term

by O'Brien, David M.

• ISBN13: 9780393926781
• ISBN10: 0393926788
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

Summary

Each annual edition of Supreme Court Watch offers students narratives and analyses of legal disputes, political battles, and social confrontations as they unfold before the Supreme Court. Also included are numerous excerpts from the justices' opinions and dissents on the Court's most influential cases of the past three terms, as well as a running preview of the cases awaiting the Court in the forthcoming 2004 term.

Author Biography

David M. O'Brien is Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Table of Contents

Volume 1
Law and politics in the Supreme Court : jurisdiction and decision-making process	p. 1
Presidential power, the rule of law, and foreign affairs	p. 14
The president as chief executive in domestic affairs	p. 39
Congress : membership, immunities, and investigatory powers	p. 42
The states and American federalism	p. 43
Representative government, voting rights, and electoral politics	p. 55
Economic rights and American capitalism	p. 89
Volume 2
Economic rights and American capitalism	p. 99
The nationalization of the Bill of Rights	p. 100
Freedom of expression and association	p. 103
Freedom from and of religion	p. 143
The Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizures	p. 160
The Fifth Amendment guarantee against self-accusation	p. 177
The rights to counsel and other procedural guarantees	p. 187
Cruel and unusual punishment	p. 191
The right of privacy	p. 206
The equal protection of the laws	p. 221
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