Category Archives: OT 2012

OT 2012

The Supreme Court’s Final Week: A Brief Assessment – Christopher Schmidt, Guest Blogger

This post, which originally appeared in the IIT Chicago-Kent Faculty Blog, is reposted with permission from the author. Looking back at the dramatic final week at the Supreme Court, here is my take on what was expected and what was surprising. The expected: 1. The holdings. The outcomes in the big three issues—affirmative action, the … Continue reading The Supreme Court’s Final Week: A Brief Assessment – Christopher Schmidt, Guest Blogger →

OT 2012, Same Sex Marriage, Voting Rights Act

Professor Shapiro On A Double Standard In The Court

This blockbuster week of Supreme Court decisions brought us two particular rulings of note. In her blog post, ISCOTUS Director and Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor Carolyn Shapiro examines the opinions in cases with a similar result of less federal oversight, but opposite ideological majorities of Justices. The cases: Shelby County v. Holder (Voting Rights … Continue reading Professor Shapiro On A Double Standard In The Court →

OT 2012, Title VII

Carolyn Shapiro On This Week’s Title VII Rulings

ISCOTUS Director and Chicago-Kent Professor Carolyn Shapiro writes on this week’s rulings in her blog post “More Pro-Business Decisions at the Supreme Court.” The decisions she refers to are Vance v. Ball State University and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar, which both found in favor of employers in workplace discrimination cases. Professor … Continue reading Carolyn Shapiro On This Week’s Title VII Rulings →

OT 2012

ISCOTUS Director Carolyn Shapiro on American Express

Yesterday’s decision in American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant was not widely publicized, nor was it one of the most anticipated decisions of the Term. But it has profound effects on the legal and business world. ISCOTUS Director Carolyn Shapiro argues against the Court’s finding in the Chicago-Kent Faculty Blog. Click here to read … Continue reading ISCOTUS Director Carolyn Shapiro on American Express →

Fourth Amendment, OT 2012

Maryland v. King Decision Allows DNA Swabs In Serious Arrests

Case: Maryland v. King This morning, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 opinion, with a scathing dissent from Justice Scalia. But the case, Maryland v. King, is not one of the big marquee cases of this Term, nor was the line-up predictable. Writing for the majority, Justice Kennedy held that the Fourth Amendment allows a … Continue reading Maryland v. King Decision Allows DNA Swabs In Serious Arrests →

Affirmative Action, OT 2012, Same Sex Marriage

Recapping the Same-Sex Marriage and Affirmative Action Cases

Video

Case:

Hollingsworth v. Perry

If you’re looking to refresh your memory on some of the big cases still awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision, take a look at the videos provided by Chicago-Kent’s Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States (ISCOTUS).

Same-sex marriage

Discover information on the politics, the background, and the issues involved in the two same-sex marriage cases before the Supreme Court in our Deep Dive. These videos discuss the basics of both Hollingsworth v. Perry (the Prop 8 case) and United States v. Windsor (the DOMA case).

Affirmative action

Professors Carolyn Shapiro (ISCOTUS Director and Associate Professor of Law) and Sheldon Nahmod (Distinguished Professor of Law) discuss the details in Fisher v. University of Texas.

The Arguments

The Background

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