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Judicial Nominations in the First Fourteen Months of the Obama and Bush Administrations - Wheeler, Russell - Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, April 21, 2010, online edition, 14p (PDF)

Three Supreme Court Myths
- Taylor, Stuart Jr. - National Journal, April 16, 2010

The Emerging Law of Detention: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking
- Wittes, Benjamin; Chesney Robert M.; Benhalim, Rabea
Brookings Institution, Governance Studies, January 22, 2010, online edition, 106p (PDF)

Number Nine - Collins, Lauren - New Yorker, January 11, 2010, v85, #44, pp42-55

The 9 Incredibles
- Turley, Jonathan - American History, October 2009, v44, #4, pp30-38

Are Obama’s Judges really Liberals? - Toobin, Jeffrey - The New Yorker, September 21, 2009, online edition, 7p

The Changing Face of the Federal Judiciary - Wheeler, Russell - Governance Studies at Brookings, August 17, 2009, online edition, 17p

A Justice Like No Other - Lacayo, Richard - Time, June 8, 2009, v173, #22, pp24-29

Judicial Elections:
Are Races for Judgeships Bad for Justice?
Jost, Kenneth - CQ Researcher, April 24, 2009, v19, #16, pp373-396

Guantanamo Detainees: Is a National Security Court the Answer?
Taylor, Stuart (moderator); Goldsmith, Jack; Wald, Patricia; Rishikof, Harvey; Vladeck, Stephen - Brookings Institution, Judicial Issues Forum No. 24, 73p (PDF)

President Obama's Court Nominations (Video) - Wheeler, Russell
The Brookings Institution, March 20, 2009

How Might the Obama Administration Affect the Composition of the U.S. Courts of Appeals? (Video) - Wheeler, Russell - The Brookings Institution, March 18, 2009

Enacting Principled, Non-Partisan Criminal Law reform: A Memo to President-Elect Obama - Walsh, Brian W. - The American Heritage, Special Report #42, January 9, 2009

Limiting Lawsuit: Is Business Pushing too Hard to Restrict Litigation?
Jost, Kenneth - CQ Researcher, December 19, 2008, v18, #4, pp1033-1056

In the Balance - Taylor, Stuart Jr. - National Journal, July 26, 2008, pp22-29

The Threat of Non-Citizens Voting - von Spakovsky, Hans A. - The Heritage Foundation, Legal Memorandum #28, July 10, 2008, 11p

Guns and the Second Amendment - Johnson, Ashley, Atlantic Monthly, June 27, 2008, online edition

Law and the Long War: The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror - Wittes, Benjamin - Brookings Institute, June 2008, 43p

Our Fractured Supreme Court - Schwartz, Michael W. - Policy Review, February/March 2008, #147, pp3-16

Constitutional Limits on Hate Crime Legislation - Smith, Alison M.
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, February 20, 2008, 6p

The Torture Debate: Determining Limits on Interrogation Techniques - Pro & Con, Congressional Digest, February 2008, v87, #2, various pagings

A Lawyer’s Lament - The American Interest, January/February 2008, v3, #3, various pagings

200 Reasons Why the Election Matters - Eastland, Terry - The Weekly Standard, December 3, 2007, v13, #12, pp7-9

Where Have all the Politicians Gone? Recruiting for the Modern Supreme Court - Peretti, Terri L. - Judicature, November/December 2007, v91, #3, pp112-123

Living Under Surveillance - Alston, Wilton D. - The New American, October 29, 2007, v 23, #22, pp12-18

Sentencing, Gitmo Key New Term - Savage, David G. - ABA Journal, October 2007, v93, pp20-24

Religious Displays and the Courts - Lupu, Ira C.; Masci, David; Tuttle, Robert W. - The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Legal Backgrounders, June 2007, online edition

Presidential Claims of Executive Privilege History: Law, History, Practice & Recent Developments - Rosenberg, Morton - Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress, Updated July 5, 2007, 33p

Kind of Confidential - Robertson, Lori - American Journalism Review, June/July 2007, v29, #3, pp26-33

Prosecutors & Politics: Has the Justice Department become too politicized? - Jost, Kenneth - CQ Researcher, June 22, 2007, v17, #24, pp353-376 

More Polarizing Than Rehnquist - Lazarus, Simon - American Prospect, May 2007, v18, #5, pp23-28

Judging Politics - Vaida, Bara - National Journal, February 5, 2007, v39,#3, pp36-41

Familiar Battles - Halloran, Liz; Schulte, Bret - U.S. News and World Report October 2, 2006, v141,#12, pp32-38

The Kennedy Court - Cole, David - Nation, July 31, 2006, v283, #4, pp6-9

A Check Against Fear - Mahler, Jonathan - New York Times Magazine, July 9, 2006, pp13-14

The Day After Roe - Rosen, Jeffrey - The Atlantic, v297, #5, June 2006, pp56-66

Defense Attorney - Brian Friel - National Journal, March 4, 2006, v38, #9, pp19-25

Rethinking Redistricting: How Drawing Uncompetitive Districts Eliminates Gerrymanders, Enhances Representation, and Improves Attitudes toward Congress - Brunell, Thomas L.
PS, Political Science & Politics, January 2006, v39, #1, pp77-86

Supreme Court Nominations 1789-2005: Actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee and the President - Rutkus, Denis Steven; Bearden, Maureen - Congressional Research Report for Congress, January 5, 2006, 45p

Alito: A Sampling of Misleading Media Coverage
- Taylor, Stuart Jr. - National Journal, December 10, 2005, pp. 3777-3779

Judge Samuel Alito's Opinions in Freedom of Speech Cases
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Cohen, Henry - CRS Report for Congress, December 9, 2005. 18p

Guantanamo Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court - Elsea, Jennifer K. and Kenneth Thomas - CRS Report for Congress, December 7, 2005. 28p

The Right Justice - Whelan, Edward - National Review, December 5, 2005, pp22-24

Still Standing: Annals of Law
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Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, November 28, v81, # 37, pp70-

Introducing Sam Alito... Hinderaker,John and Scott Johnson, National Review, November 21, 2005, v57, #28, p28-

Judging Alito - Gunther, Marc ; Levenson, Eugenia - Fortune, November 28, 2005, pp. 133-136

The Ten Commandments Mish-Mosh: The Supreme Court Finesses the Decalogue - Stephen B. Presser - American Spectator, October 2005, v38, #8, pp12-17

Answer Key. Rosen, Jeffrey. New Republic, November 21, 2005, v 233, #21, pp16-20

Congress and the Courts: Current Policy Issues. Oleszek, Walter. CRS Report for Congress, September 20, 2005, 54p

The Roberts Court. Taylor, Stuart. National Journal, September 12, 2005, v37,#37,pp2750-2754

Roberts v. The Future. Rosen, Jeffrey. New York Times Magazine, August 28, 2005, pp24-51

Bush's Judiciary: The First Term Record. Goldman, Sheldon; Slotnick, Elliot; Schiavoni, Sara W. Judicature, v88, # 6, May-June 2005, pp244-275

You Say You Want a Revolution? Rauch, Jonathan. National Journal, July 30, 2005, v37, #31,pp2438-2444

Sex and the Supremes: Why the Court's Next Big Battle May Be About Gay Rights. Toobin, Jeffrey. New Yorker, August 1, 2005, online edition

Are the Justices Serving Too Long? An Assessment of Tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court? - McGuire, Kevin T. - Judicature, July-August 2005, v89, #1, pp8-15

The Hands-Off Rehnquist Court. France, Mike. Business Week, July 25, pp34-35, online edition

Supreme Court Poker. Taylor, Stuart Jr. National Journal, July 9, 2005, pp2178-83

Supreme Court's Image Declines as Nomination Battle Looms - Court Critics Now on Both Left and Right. The Pew Research Center, June 15, 2005

Selected Opinions of Justice O'Connor. Killian, Johnny H. The Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, CRS Report for Congress, July 15, 2005, p.14

The Rehnquist Court. Stuart Taylor, Jr. National Journal, May 21, 2005, pp. 1532-39










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