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Sonia Sotomayor Pledges Fidelity to the Law

Sonia Sotomayor, the first nominee to the Supreme Court by a Democratic president in 15 years, told the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, on the opening day of her confirmation hearing, that her judicial philosophy can be distilled to just a few words: “fidelity to the law.” As a federal trial judge and appellate judge during [...]

The José Medellín Case: When Moral Law and International Law Collides

Should outsiders stepping foot on foreign land be shielded or granted immunity for any atrocious act or heinous crime committed while in that alien territory? Does crime beget crime? When a balancing of interests emerges in the practice of criminal law, can one law be truly more dominant than another to merit the promulgation of [...]

Copyright Issue In Video Recorded By Police Cars

From 4(3)Blog: Today’s decision in Scott v. Harris, as Marty Lederman writes, involves the majority’s interpretation of videotape recorded by the police cars involved in the chase that left the plaintiff paralyzed. The Supreme Court has, rather unusually, put the videotape up on its website and suggests that readers of the opinion watch the tape [...]

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Speaks at the University of Miami

From Hurricane-Online: If not for a chance encounter between two judges at the University of Miami Law School in 1978, John G. Roberts, Jr. may not be where he is today – chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. William Rehnquist, then an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, and Henry Friendly, an [...]

A Virtual Tour of the Federal Supreme Court

When you’re visiting the Supreme Court in Washington D.C., you can take a tour and participate in a lecture inside the main courtroom where oral arguments are heard. It’s a great opportunity to learn more about the Court and learn how much Americans don’t know about our court system by the questions that are asked [...]

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