Nov 20, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 42
Symposium—The Roberts Court: A Jurisprudential Era? When I was working as a lawyer in the Clinton administration, first in the Department of Justice (DOJ), and then as Deputy General Counsel in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), I was involved in the...
Nov 20, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 42
Symposium—The Roberts Court: A Jurisprudential Era? In late June 2007, the newly formed Roberts Supreme Court of the United States issued two significant opinions: Morse v. Frederick, and Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1. The...
Nov 11, 2008 | Lead Articles, Number 1, Print Edition, Volume 42
Symposium—The Roberts Court: A Jurisprudential Era? It might be tempting for political liberals, who would like to rely upon the United States Supreme Court to defend individual liberties and to sustain progressive legislation, to conclude that the sky has fallen. It...