Supreme Court

How a Supreme Court Nominee is Chosen and Confirmed

An overview of the federal court system in the United States, with profiles of US Supreme Court Justices.

Argues that the US Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts reveals an activist, not a conservationist.

Overview of the decisions of the 2006-2007 Supreme Court.

US Supreme Court Decisions by Vote - 2006

US Supreme Court Decisions by Vote - 2006

2006 Term Opinions of the US Supreme Court

Overview of procedures of the US Supreme Court.

Summary of Supreme Court ruling in Hamdan v Rumsfeld

US Politics blog archives about the Supreme Court - news, decisions, personnel.

History, role, composition of the Supreme Court.

Many controversial issues have been decided by a 5-4 vote of the Supreme Court; the swing vote is the person who is vote number five. It's called a swing vote because the person does not always vote with either "side" of the court.

President Bush nominated Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Samuel Alito to replace Sandra Day O'Connor.

In yet-another 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court rules that a controversial redistricting map ushered through the Texas legislature by former US Rep. Tom DeLay is politically gerrymandered, based on the equal protection clause.

Commentary and op-ed on the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court

The Washington Post blog that watches news and developments regarding the nomination to replace Sandra Day O'Connor.

This Republican-organized web site has direct conenction to the White House and is promoting the meme that the Senate has "an obligation to bring these nominations to the floor for a fair vote." The web site is adminstered by Campaign Solutions (whois record), the PR firm for Bush-Cheney '04, the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee.

The Supreme Court web site provides transcripts of oral arguments (pdf) 10-15 business days after the close of the argument session.

Web site of the US Supreme Court - opinions, docket, history, speeches and the like.

Goldstein & Howe, PC - a Washington, DC law firm - publishes the Supreme Court blog.

FindLaw's searchable database of the Supreme Court decisions since 1893 provides easy access to all Supreme Court decisions. Decisions are browsable by year and US Reports volume number; they are searchable by citation, case title and full text. This is a free service.

The Legal Information Institute presents Supreme Court decisions in an easy-to-browse format. Find decisions by date, topic, author or party; period covered is 1990 - present.

Goldstein & Howe, PC - a Washington, DC law firm - publishes the Supreme Court nomination blog.