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Supreme Court Debates

Electronic Holdings: Full text issues of Supreme Court Debates from Vol. 1, no. 1, April 1998 to date are available via: Pro and Con Online. To retrieve the issues, (1) click on either Civil Rights & the Judiciary, Economic & Environmental Policy, or Government & Politics; (2) find an entry with a Supreme Court portico (porch with columns) on the right; and (3) click on the columns.

Paper Holdings: Supreme Court Debates.
Once a month, this 32-page periodical highlights both the pro and con aspects of a current controversial case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Recent issues have included:

Abortion Law and the Court (Oct. 2000-Vol. 3, No. 7)
Abortion Protests as Extortion : Use of Federal Antiracketeering Law Against Demonstrators, (Jan. 2003-Vol. 6 No. 1)
Affordable Prescription Drugs : Maine's Attempt to Control Medication Prices for the Uninsured, (Oct. 2003 - Vol. 6 No. 7)
Age Discrimination : Elderly in the Workplace, (March 2005 - Vol. 8, No. 3
Alcohol Regulation: State Control Over Direct Shipment of Wine (Jan. 2005-Vol. 8 No. 1)
Antisodomy Laws: Homosexual Rights and Privacy in the Bedroom (Sept. 2003-Vol. 6 No. 6)
Applying the Death Penalty: The Mentally Retarded (May 2002-Vol. 5, No. 5)
Attorney-Client Privilege: Kenneth Starr's Request for Vincent Foster's Notes, (Oct. 1998 - Vol. 1 No. 3)
The Casey Martin Case (April 2001 - Vol. 4, No. 4)
Clean Air Act (January 2001-Vol. 4, No. 1)
Compelled Speech: Beef Advertising and the Government Speech Doctrine (Feb. 2005-Vol. 8, No. 2)
Copyright Law in the Digital Age (Sept. 2001 - Vol. 4, No. 6)
Copyright Term Extension Act (Nov. 2002 - vol. 5, no. 8)
Cross Burning (Feb. 2003 - Vol. 6, No. 2)
Decency and Community Values (Jan. 2000-Vol. 3, No. 1)
Defining "Disability" in the ADA (Sept. 1999-Vol. 2, No. 6)
Detaining Enemy Combatants (Sept. 2004-Vol. 7, No. 6)
Disabilities and Public Education: One-on-One Nursing Services for Students in the Classroom, (December 1998 - Vol. 1, No. 5)
Drug Addiction in the Workplace: Hiring Practices and the Americans With Disabilities Act, (December 2004, Vol. 6 No. 9)
Election Participation : The Constitutionality of State Bans on Open Primaries, (October 2005, Vol. 8 No. 7)
Electric Energy Transmission (Nov. 2001 - Vol. 4, No. 8)
Eminent Domain : Taking Private Property for Urban Development, (April 2005, Vol. 8 No. 4)
Enemy Detainees : The Legality of Military Tribunals (January 2008, Vol. 11 No. 1)
Executive Branch Powers (Oct. 2004 - Vol. 7, No. 7)
Executing Minors (Dec. 2004 - Vol. 7, No. 9)
Federal Control of Tobacco Use (Feb. 2000-Vol. 3, No. 2)
Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Constitutionality of Judge-Imposed Sentence Increases, (Nov. 2004, Vol. 7 No. 8)
Financing Political Campaigns (Nov. 1999-Vol. 2, No. 8)
Forced Sanity: State-Ordered Administration of Medication Before Trial (April 2003-Vol. 6, no. 4)
Fourth Amendment Rights: Constitutional Protection from Unreasonable Searches (November 1998 - Vol. 1 No. 4)
Funding University Clubs (Dec. 1999-Vol. 2, No. 9)
Gender in the Workplace ; Pay Discrimination and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (October 2007, Vol. 10 No. 7)
Gifts to Federal Employees (April 1999-Vol. 2, No. 4)
Global Warming : Legal Battles Over Greenhouse Gas Regulation, (March 2007-Vol. 10 No. 3)
Grandparents' Rights (March 2000-Vol. 3, No. 3)
HMO Coverage Decisions (March 2002-Vol. 5, No. 3)
Internet File-Sharing : Balancing Copyright Protection and Innovation, (September 2005, Vol. 8 No. 6)
Internet Pornography (Feb. 2002-Vol. 5, No. 2)
Interrogating Juveniles (April 2004-Vol. 7, No. 4)
The John Roberts Nomination : Confirmation of a Chief Justice, (November 2005, Vol. 8 No. 8)
Land Use Regulation (Oct. 2002-vol.5, no. 7)
Law Enforcement and the Media (May 1999-Vol. 2, No. 5)
Line Item Veto : The President, the Congress, and the Constitution, (September 1998 - Vol. 1 No. 2)
Loitering and Individual Rights (Feb. 1999-Vol. 2, No. 2)
Medical Use of Marijuana (May 2001 - Vol. 4, No. 5)
Minority Hiring Preferences (Dec. 2001-Vol. 4, No. 9)
Miranda Rights and Police Interrogation (Sept. 2000-Vol. 3, No. 6)
On-Campus Military Recruiting : Congress Challenges Law School Antidiscrimination Policies, (Feb. 2006, Vol. 9 No. 2)
Parental Notification Laws : The Supreme Court Reenters the Abortion Debate, (January 2006-Vol. 9 No. 1)
"Partial-Birth" Abortion Ban : The Supreme Court Revisits Late-Term Abortion Law, (December 2006-Vol. 9 No. 9)
Pledge of Allegiance (May 2004-Vol. 7, No. 5)
Police Chases : The Constitutionality of Using Lethal Force to Stop a Fleeing Suspect, (April 2007-Vol. 10 No. 4)
Police Roadblocks: Constitutionality of "Informational" Checkpoints, (January 2004, Vol. 7 No. 1)
Political Advocacy by Unions : The Constitutionality of Unauthorized Use of Nonmembers’ Fees, (Feb. 2007, Vol. 10 No. 2)
Prejudicial Displays in Court : Button-Wearing and the Right to a Fair Trial, (Nov. 2006-Vol. 9 No. 8)
The Presidential Election Controversy (Feb. 2001- Vol. 4, No. 2)
The President’s Treaty Power : Enforcing International Court of Justice Decisions (November 2007, Vol. 10 No. 8)
Privacy in the Classroom, (Jan. 2002 - Vol. 5, No. 1)
Prosecuting Enemy Combatants : The Legality of President Bush's Military Tribunals, (Sept. 2006-Vol. 9 No. 6)
Protection From Sex Offenders : State Registration and Notification Laws, (March 2003-Vol. 6 No. 3)
Race in Public Education : School Busing in Post-Segregation America, (Jan. 2007-Vol. 10 No. 1)
Racial Diversity in Higher Education: Affirmative Action Admission Programs (May 2003 - Vol. 6, no. 5)
Redistricting Battles (Feb. 2004-Vol. 7, No. 2)
Regulating Campaign Advertising : The Court Reconsiders the McCain-Feingold Act (September 2007, Vol. 10 No. 7)
Regulating Campaign Fundraising (Nov. 2003 - Vol. 6, No. 8)
Regulating Tobacco Advertising (Oct. 2001 - Vol. 4, No. 7)
Religion in Public Education (May 2000-Vol. 3, No. 5)
The Right to Die : (Oregon's Physician-Assisted Suicide Law (Dec. 2005, Vol. 8 No. 9)
Rights of Foreign Nationals : Consular Notification of U.S. Arrests, (May 2006-Vol. 9 No. 5)
Same-Sex Harassment: Civil Rights Law and Workplace Discrimination, (April 1998 - Vol. 1 No. 1)
Samuel Alito Nomination : George W. Bush Names a Second Supreme Court Justice, (March 2006-Vol. 9 No. 3)
School Choice (April 2002-Vol.5, No. 4)
Sentencing Guidelines (Nov. 2004-Vol. 7, no. 8)
Sentencing Guidelines : The Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine (December 2007, Vol. 10 No. 9)
Sexual Harassment in the Schools (March 1999-Vol. 2, No. 3)
State Funding of Divinity Studies (March 2004-Vol.7, No.3
Student Drug Testing (Sept. 2002 - Vol. 5, No. 6)
Student Speech : The First Amendment at School, (May 2007 - Vol. 10 No. 5)
The Ten Commandments : Religious Symbols on Government Property, (May 2005, Vol. 8 No. 5)
Texas Redistricting Fight : Redrawing Congressional Maps for Political Gain, (April 2006-Vol. 9 No. 4)
Three Strikes Laws (Dec. 2002 - Vol. 5, No. 9)
Violence Against Women Act (April 2000-Vol. 3, No. 4)
Warrantless Police Entries : The Fourth Amendment During Emergencies, (October 2006_Vol. 9 No. 7)
Welfare Reform in the States (Oct. 1999-Vol. 2, No. 7)
Wiretapping and Privacy Rights (March 2001 - Vol. 4, No. 3)
Year 2000 Census : Statistical Sampling and Apportioning Representatives (January 1999 - Vol. 2 No. 1)

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