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On January 31, 2006, after serving for more than 15 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. joined the U.S. Supreme Court as its 110th member. Alito's confirmation process was a contentious one, and came only after President George W. Bush's first nominee, White House Counsel Harriet Myers, withdrew herself from consideration because of criticism that she was unqualified...[ OYEZ ]
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Justice O'Connor retired from US Supreme Court
July 1, 2012
On July 1, 2005, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement from the US Supreme Court. On July 7, 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed her to the Supreme Court as the first ever female Supreme Court Justice. She was succeeded by Justice Samuel Alito. Justice O'Connor's voting record typ....... [more]
President Bush nominated Harriet Miers to Supreme Court
October 3, 2011
On October 3, 2005, President George Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor as an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. Miers faced ideological criticism from conservative activist groups, frustrated questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committe....... [more]
Supreme Court ruled Second Amendment applies to states
June 28, 2011
On June 28, 2010, the US Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v. Chicago that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment makes the Second Amendment right to bear arms applicable to the states as well as the federal government. The case arose over a Chicago ordinance which effectively banned the p....... [more]
Supreme Court rules evidence not excluded when law changes between search and trial
June 16, 2011
The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 7-2 in Davis v. United States that when the law for what constitutes a legal search changes between a search and an accompanying trial, the evidence is not excluded. Justice Samuel Alito's opinion states that because suppression of the evidence would do nothing....... [more]
US Senate voted to confirm Supreme Court nomination of Samuel Alito
January 31, 2011
On January 31, 2006, the US Senate voted 58-42 to approve the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to serve as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court. Alito replaced Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who had announced her retirement the previous July. Th....... [more]
court left open issue of compelling state interest in preventing animal cruelty
April 22, 2010
Matthew Liebman: The Animal Legal Defense Fund filed an amicus brief in defense of 18 U.S.C. Section 48, so we are obviously disappointed by the Court's opinion in United States v. Stevens. Nevertheless, we are heartened by Justice Alito's dissent and the way in which the majority ch....... [more]
Supreme Court rules third parties may intervene in Carolina water dispute
January 20, 2010
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in South Carolina v. North Carolina that the Catawba River Water Supply Project (CRWSP), and Duke Energy Carolinas may intervene in the water dispute between the two states, but that the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, may not. A special master recommended....... [more]
Oral arguments in highlight flaws in campaign finance laws
March 25, 2009
Steve Simpson: In the case of Citizens United v. FEC, the US Supreme Court confronted the inescapable logic of the campaign finance laws: if the government can ban a broadcast advertisement that is paid for by a corporation, then it can ban movies and even books as well. In fact, during the a....... [more]
Baze decision masks division over capital punishment
April 18, 2008
Laura Porter: The Supreme Court issued its decision in the case of Baze v Rees this week, upholding the constitutionality of Kentucky's lethal injection protocols. Texas has already taken the Court's ruling as a green light to set an execution date- the first of dozens of cases that....... [more]
Alito disparages televising of Supreme Court proceedings
October 20, 2007
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Friday became the latest high court member to publicly criticize the possibility of televising the court's proceedings. Speaking at the University of Virginia, Alito joked that televising the proceedings would be a mistake since it would directly compete....... [more]
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act ruling [US SC]
June 25, 2007
Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2007. Read the Court's opinion per Chief Justice Roberts, along with a concurrence from Justice Alito, a second concurrence from Justice Scalia, and a dissent from Justice Souter. Reported in JURIST's Paper C....... [more]
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