The Supreme Court and Constitutional Protections

For at least three decades debate has raged as to whether or not the Supreme Court has gone too far in protecting the rights of criminals and extending constitutional protections in general. Examine recent discussions on this topic, along with related Supreme Court actions, and develop your own supported opinion.

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A Conservative View of the Court: Getting beyond 'activism' and 'restraint'. MICHAEL S. GREVE. National Review June 16, 2003 v55 i11 pNA (2076 words)

The Supreme Court, criminal procedure and judicial integrity. Stephen A. Saltzburg. American Criminal Law Review Wntr 2003 v40 i1 p133(26)

Are police free to disregard Miranda? Steven D. Clymer. Yale Law Journal Dec 2002 v112 i3 p368(106)

Rethinking the Death Penalty : POLITICIANS AND COURTS ARE TAKING THEIR CUES FROM GROWING PUBLIC OPPOSITION. Bruce Shapiro. The Nation July 22, 2002 v275 i4 p14 Mag.Coll.: 111J0127.

Free at Last: Taken from their families, sent to death row for horrendous crimes--and then cleared of all charges: Here's what it is like to be. (Up Front) Thomas Fields-Meyer, Pam Lambert, Alex Tresniowski. People Weekly Dec 2, 2002 v58 i23 p62+

Special sessions take up death sentencing: high court ruling vacates some death sentences and prompts review in several states. Donna Lyons. State Legislatures Oct-Nov 2002 v28 i9 p13(1)

The Court's curious consent search doctrine. Craig M. Bradley. Trial Oct 2002 v38 i10 p72(3)

Supreme Hubris: How the Court overrules the Constitution. Ramesh Ponnuru. National Review July 31, 2000 pNA Mag.Coll.: 103L0343.

Judicial dictatorship. William J. Quirk. Society Jan-Feb 1994 v31 n2 p34(5) Mag.Coll.: 72G3969.

The Killing Machine. (the supreme court on capital punishment) STEPHEN B. BRIGHT. The Nation Oct 9, 2000 v271 i10 p17 Mag.Coll.: 104G0190.

Judicial integrity: a call for its re-emergence in the adjudication of criminal cases. Robert M. Bloom. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Fall 1993 v84 n3 p462-501

Reining in citizen's rights: the Rehnquist court will reinterpret the 200-year-old Bill of Rights. (includes related article on the 14th Amendment) U.S. News & World Report Dec 16, 1991 v111 n25 p49(4) Mag.Coll.: 62H0510. Bus.Coll.: 62U1716.

The constitution and the courts: a question of legitimacy. (judicial activism and the U.S. Supreme Court) James L. Buckley. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy Fall 2000 v24 i1 p189

How the right learned to love judicial activism. Hyperactive. Jeffrey Rosen. The New Republic Jan 31, 2000 p20 Mag.Coll.: 102C2989.

Taking its toll: partisan judging and judicial review. Jeff Broadwater. Journal of Appellate Practice and Process Spring 2002 v4 i1 p41(37)

High court upholds tough anti-drug law for subsidized public housing. (Brief Article) Juan Otero. Nation's Cities Weekly April 1, 2002 v25 i13 p5(1)

New trial denied to Illinois killer. (Daniel Edwards)(Brief Article) Mark Fitzgerald. Editor & Publisher Nov 19, 2001 p9

Police Pursuits and Civil Liability. CHRIS PIPES, DOMINICK PAPE. The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin July 2001 v70 i7 p16

The Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel. KIMBERLY A. CRAWFORD. The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin July 2001 v70 i7 p27

X-Ray Vision: A surprising Supreme Court ruling sheds light--and other beams--on the latest snooping technology. (Brief Article) Ivan Amato. Time June 25, 2001 v157 i25 p57+

Poverty and the Death Penalty. Jeffery L. Johnson, Colleen F. Johnson. Journal of Economic Issues June 2001 v35 i2 p517

Miranda Morass. Cathy Young. Reason, April 2000 v31 i11 p54

The Supreme Court Revisits Miranda. LISA A. REGINI. The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 2000 v69 i3 p27

Run! It's the Cops!: Police: Protector or Enemy in High Crime Neighborhoods. David C. Slade. World and I Dec 1999 v14 i12 p86

Safeguarding equal protection rights: the search for an exclusionary rule under the equal protection clause. Brooks Holland. American Criminal Law Review Summer 2000 v37 i3 p1107

Fourth Amendment Privacy Rights Only an Illusion. (home searches for contraband) Leonard R. Rosenblatt. New Jersey Law Journal July 2, 2001 v165 i1 p23

Is the Miranda caselaw really inconsistent? A proposed Fifth Amendment synthesis. Donald Dripps. Constitutional Commentary, Spring 2000 v17 i1 p19

Recovering the original Fourth Amendment. Thomas Y. Davies. Michigan Law Review, December 1999 v98 i3 p547

Commonplace or anachronism: the standard model, the Second Amendment, and the problem of history in contemporary constitutional theory. Saul Cornell. Constitutional Commentary, Summer 1999 v16 i2 p221

When the evidence is the crime. Elizabeth Goitein. Yale Law Journal, June 1998 v107 n8 p2667-2672

Sentencing and the Fifth Amendment. David B. Lat. Yale Law Journal, June 1998 v107 n8 p2673-2678