Special Legal Bulletins Archive (2005)

• Katzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Memorandum Opinion, Dec. 20, 2005 (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania)
• "Federal judge rules, in strongly worded opinion, that teaching intelligent design is unconstitutional," by Thomas Bartlett, Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 20, 2005
• " Judge bars 'Intelligent Design' from Pa. classes, by Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, Dec. 20, 2005
• " Judge rejects teaching intelligent design," by Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, Dec. 21, 2005

• "ABA rating not out yet, but law professors have graded Alito, Associated Press on law.com, Nov. 28, 2005
• "Alito: quiet-mannered conservative," CBS News, Oct. 31, 2005
• "Alito, at hearing, pledges an open mind on abortion," by Richard Stevenson and Neil Lewis, New York Times, Jan. 11, 2006
• "Alito gets 'well-qualified' rating from the American Bar Association," by Tim Dillon, USA Today, Jan. 4, 2006
• "Alito denied that Constitution protected abortion," by Bill Mears, CNN.com, Nov. 14, 2005,
• "Alito's critics mine his record to expand attacks vs. nominee," by Brian Mitchell, Investor's Business Daily, Nov. 21, 2005
• "Alito's telling dissent in machine gun case," San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 2, 2005
• "Bush nominates conservative Alito to Supreme Court," Reuters, Oct. 31, 2005
• "Bush's new nominee not always on the same page as Scalia: a review of Sam Alito's major decisions," Time.com, Oct. 31, 2005
• "Can 'Roe' survive the arrival of Alito?," by Douglas McCollam, Legal Times, Dec. 7, 2005
• "Democrats to delay Alito's committee confirmation vote," by Jesse Holland, via law.com, Jan. 6, 2006
• "A field guide to the Alito confirmation hearings," by Tony Mauro, Legal Times, Jan. 9, 2006 (via law.com)
• "Inside the Alito memo," by T.R. Goldman, Legal Times, Nov. 29, 2005
• "Judiciary Committee advances Alito nomination to full Senate," by T.R. Goldman, Legal Times, Jan. 26, 2006
• "The mild-mannered Scalia," by Shannon Duffy, The Legal Intelligencer, Mar. 3, 2003 via law.com
• "Reactions to the Alito nomination," NPR, Oct. 31, 2005
• "Senators question Alito on abortion, stare decisis and executive power," by T.R. Goldman, Legal Times, Jan. 11, 2006 (via law.com)
• "What's Samuel Alito really like?," CBS News, Nov. 1, 2005
• "Why Bush picked Alito," Time.com, Oct. 31, 2005

Other Resources

• Alito nomination coverage at law.com
• Alito's opinions at Findlaw.com
• Change at the Supreme Court, Special Report, CNN.com
• Information on Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Nominee for Justice of the Supreme Court (University of Michigan Law Library)
• Judge Report (a detailed report of legal matters or events pertaining to Alito, covering Jan. 1990 to present), at Findlaw.com
• Judge Samuel Alito's published opinions a database of his decisions compiled by askSam
• List of law professors opposed to the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court
• SCOTUS Blog-Alito (notable decisions)
• Supreme Court Nominations - Alito, compilation at the Law Library of Congress

• "As a Texas lawyer, Meirs was always prepared," by Toni Locy, USA Today, Oct. 6, 2005
• "As corporate attorney, Miers 'blasted' greedy trial lawyers," by Sharon Theimer, Associated Press story on law.com, Oct. 10, 2005
• Behind the Miers withdrawl," by Matthew Cooper, Time.com, Oct. 27, 2005
• "Bush's unconventional choice," by Linda Feldman et al., Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 5, 2005 (subscription required)
• "Experience needed? The long history of non-judge justices," by Warren Ritchey, Christian Science Monitor, Oct. 7, 2005 (subscription required)
• "If Harriet Miers is confirmed to the Supreme Court, how is she likely to rule on tort law ... ?, by Anthony Sebok, Findlaw's Writ, Oct. 17, 2005
• Miers looked close to home for free cases, by Calvin Woodward, AP, Oct. 17, 2005
• "Nominee gets first chance to counter critics," by David Kirkpatrick, NY Times, Oct. 17, 2005
• "Miers qualifications," by Kevin P. Martin, Boston Globe, Oct. 7, 2005
• "What would a 'life strictly construed' mean for the High Court?," by T.R. Goldman, Legal Times, Oct. 17, 2005
• "The Woman's Seat," by Jeffrey Rosen, New York Times Magazine, Oct. 16, 2005

Other Resources


• Change at the Supreme Court (CNN Special Report)
• Harriet E. Miers Profile (Washington Post)
• Information on Harriet Miers (University of Michigan Law Library)
• Published writings of Harriet E. Miers (SMU Underwood Law Library)
• Supreme Court in Transition (from the New York Times)
• U.S. Supreme Court Monitor: the Miers Nomination (from Law.com)

• Brief bio of John G. Roberts from Judges of the United States Courts; profile from Findlaw
• John G. Roberts' cases before the U.S. Supreme Court from Oyez; opinions from D.C. Circuit
• "Bush's Supreme Court Choice is a Judge Anchored in Modern Law," by Linda Greenhouse, NY Times, July 20, 2005
• "A Career Largely on One Side of the Bench and Involving a Wide Variety of Issues," by Adam Liptak, NY Times, July 20, 2005
• "Court Nominee's Life is Rooted in Faith and Respect for Law," NY Times, July 21, 2005
• "In His Opinions, Nominee Favors Judicial Caution," by Adam Liptak, NY Times, July 22, 2005
• "Nominee Gave Quiet Advice on Recount," by Abby Goodnough, NY Times, July 21, 2005
• "Now it's the Roberts Court", Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 30, 2005
• "Recalling John Roberts From His Harvard Days," by Jeff Blumenthal et al., The Legal Intelligencer, July 22, 2005
• "Roberts and Scalia: Standing Side by Side," by Lily Henning, Legal Times, August 2, 2005
• "Roberts Takes Oath, Becomes New U.S. Chief Justice," Bloomberg.com, Sept. 29, 2005
• "Some Documents of Supreme Court Choice Will Be Released," by Richard W. Stevenson et al., NY Times, July 26, 2005
• "A Stealth Nominee Flies into Enemy Territory," The Economist, July 20, 2005
• "The Strategy for a Successful Nomination: Disarm Opposition," by Adam Nagourney, NY Times, July 20, 2005
• "Supreme Court Nominee John G. Roberts: How Many of His Government Records Can Be Hidden From the Senate?," by John W. Dean, Findlaw's Writ, July 29, 2005
• "An Ultimate Captial Insider," by Neil A. Lewis, NY Times, July 20, 2005

Blogs

• Judging the Future
• Judicial Confirmation Blog (Republican National Lawyers Association)
• Nomination Nation
• NominationWatch.org (National Women's Law Center)
• The Supreme Court Nomination Blog (Goldstein and Howe)
• Think Progress: Supreme Court Edition

Documents

• Confirmation Hearing on Federal Appointments, Jan. 29, 2003 (includes John G. Roberts hearing for the D.C. Cir.)
• Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, 1971-

Other Resources

• Confirmation-Hearing Glossary
• Full Coverage on the Roberts Nomination from Law.com's United States Supreme Court Monitor
• Hot Topics: Information on John Glover Roberts, Jr. (Univ. of Mich. Law Library)
• Supreme Court Nominations (Law Library of Congress)
• Supreme Court Nominations - Confirmed (Law Library of Congress)
• Supreme Court Nominations 1789-present; chart by the U.S. Senate
• Supreme Court Nominations Not Confirmed, 1789-2004 (CRS Report for Congress, 2005)
• Supreme Court Nominations - Not Confirmed (Law Library of Congress)
• U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• Whitehouse Judicial Nominations page

• Bush v. Schiavo, SC04-925, Oct. 21, 2004 Rehearing denied; complete list of briefs and documents for Schiavo case (04-925); and Schiavo case resources at the University of Miami
• Florida Governor's Executive Order No. 03-201 declared to be void, Schiavo v. Bush, May 5, 2004
• Florida Supreme Court opinions online