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Prof. Sanford Greenberg discusses the Supreme Court’s upcoming review of whether the Constitution’s protection against self-incrimination applies before an individual has been arrested or read his rights.
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Assn. for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad: Can human genes be patented?
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Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics
Prof. Lori Andrews discusses an upcoming intellectual property case dealing with whether human genes can be patented.
Who Voted to Grant Prop 8 Case?
Case: Hollingsworth v. Perry Adam Liptak of the New York Times has a very interesting and insightful article arguing that the conservative justices were the ones who originally wanted to hear the Prop 8 case.
Forum on the Same Sex Marriage Cases
Case: United States v. Windsor IIT Chicago-Kent faculty discussed the same sex marriage cases at a forum on Wednesday. Watch it here.
DOMA Arguments
Case: United States v. Windsor In the second of two same-sex marriage cases, the Court on Wednesday will consider the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. Oyez will have audio from the arguments by 2:00 PM Eastern Time, and a synchronized, searchable transcript will follow roughly 2 hours later. UPDATE: The audio and … Continue reading DOMA Arguments
Today’s Prop. 8 Argument Audio – Now available
Case: Hollingsworth v. Perry Oyez will have oral argument audio in today’s Prop. 8 case around 1:00 PM Eastern Time today, moments after we have the audio from the Court. A synchronized, searchable transcript of the audio will be posted roughly 90 minutes after the audio. UPDATE: The audio and transcript are now available. For … Continue reading Today’s Prop. 8 Argument Audio – Now available
Forum on the Same Sex Marriage Cases
Case: United States v. Windsor On Wednesday, May 27, 2013, at 3 pm CDT, IIT Chicago-Kent is presenting a forum on the same sex marriage cases. The forum will be streaming live here and will be posted later on Chicago-Kent’s YouTube channel. The event is cosponsored by ISCOTUS, as well as by the Chicago-Kent Lambdas … Continue reading Forum on the Same Sex Marriage Cases
New Resource for Information about the Same Sex Marriage Cases
Want to learn more about the politics, history, and legal issues involved in the same sex marriage cases? ISCOTUS and The Oyez Project have created a “deep dive” website, containing a wealth of information about these cases, which will be argued on March 26 and 27, 2013. We encourage you to visit the site, explore, … Continue reading New Resource for Information about the Same Sex Marriage Cases
Same-sex Marriage Argument Audio to be Released Same Day
The Court today announced that recordings of oral arguments in the two same-sex marriage cases it will hear next week will be released same day. Oyez will also have the transcript-synchronized audio available same-day. The Court will hear arguments concerning California’s Proposition 8 on Tuesday, March 26, and concerning the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act … Continue reading Same-sex Marriage Argument Audio to be Released Same Day
Today’s voting rights oral argument
Shelby County v. Holder, the case challenging the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, has gotten a lot of attention. But another very important voting rights case was argued on March 18 in the Supreme Court. This case, Arizona v. Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, involves a challenge to Arizona’s requirement that people … Continue reading Today’s voting rights oral argument